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Showing 75417550 of 24710 articles for Art. Cass. com. 13-11-1962 n° 60-10.147

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Provisions relating to the implementation of an internal bail-out measure

Article L613-55-8

I. - In the month following the implementation of an internal bailout measure in respect of a person mentioned in I of Article L. 613-34 for the purposes indicated in 1° of I of Article L. 613-55, the…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General information.

Article 38

1. For the purposes of this Code, all goods the import or export of which is prohibited on any grounds whatsoever, or subject to restrictions, quality or packaging rules or special formalities, are de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Collection of labile blood products.

Article R1222-21

In blood establishments, venous blood samples taken from the elbow and capillary blood samples taken from a donor may be taken, under the direction and responsibility of the doctor mentioned in articl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares.

Article L225-197-1

I.-The Extraordinary General Meeting, on the report of the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, and on the special report of the company's Statutory Auditors or, if none has…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Openings, mutations and transfers.

Article L3332-1

A 3rd category on-trade public house may not be opened in municipalities where the total number of establishments of this type and 4th category establishments reaches or exceeds the proportion of one…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Attachment of successively enforceable claims

Article R211-14

Articles…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 4: Recipients of data

Article R142-17

The data recorded in the electronic component provided for in Article R. 431-1, excluding the digitised image of fingerprints, are read by the processing mentioned in Article 1 of Decree No. 2019-452…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recording by bankers of cheque payment incidents due to insufficient funds.

Article R131-14

Incidents are recorded in chronological order, each assigned a number in an unbroken annual series. The records provided for in articles R. 131-12 and R. 131-13 are kept and must be able to be substan…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Declaration of hazardous mixtures

Article R1342-16

If the importer or downstream user is unable to provide all or part of the information referred to in Article R. 1342-15 within the time allowed, he shall inform the designated body referred to in Art…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions common to both procedures

Article R5121-51-7

Articles R. 5121-51 to R. 5121-51-4 are applicable to homeopathic medicinal products subject to the registration referred to in article L. 5121-13. This sub-section does not apply to homeopathic medic…

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