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Showing 46514660 of 22757 articles for Art. Cass. com. 14 avril 2021 n° 19-16468

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Disciplinary powers, relations with statutory auditors and cooperation

Article R784-8

…of the same table:Articles applicableIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 612-35 and R. 612-36n° 2011-769 of 28 June 2011R. 612-37No. 2015-513 of 7 May 2015R. 612-38n° 2013-978 of 30 October 201…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Disciplinary safeguards

Article R6153-35

…ance;3° Two full members of the odontology teaching and hospital staff covered either by decree no. 2021-1645 of 13 December 2021 relating to the teaching and hospital staff of hospitals and universit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions

Article L1128-1

…he cases provided for by the Public Health Code or by Articles 28 to 31 of Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on clinical trials on medicinal pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Materials vigilance.

Article L5212-1

For the devices mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017, the list of which is set by decision of the Director General of the Ag…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Conditions for negotiating agreements concluded in undertakings without a trade union delegate or works council

Article L2232-28

…oyer, as well as employees related to the employer mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 2314-19, may not be appointed as representatives.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Chairman and Vice-Chairman

Article R1423-22

The provisions of articles R. 1423-19 to R. 1423-21 are applicable to the appointment by the general meeting of the industrial tribunal of the industrial tribunal members called upon to hold summary h…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 7: Training of lenders and intermediaries

Article L314-24

…Article L. 313-1, the provision of the advice service referred to in articles L. 313-13 and L. 313-14 and, where applicable, intermediation activities. When the conclusion of a credit agreement invol…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article L641-8

…al interest rate plus five points. Any sum paid by the association mentioned in the article L. 3253-14 of the Labour Code in application of the articles L. 3253-8 to L. 3253-13 of the same code shall…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Payment of the allowance

Article D553-24

…pplication of b or d of 1° of article L. 542-2, under the conditions provided for in article L. 551-14;3° As of the date on which the asylum application certificate was withdrawn by the administrative…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L2411-2

…ided for in I of Article L. 2411-6, aux articles L. 2411-8 and L. 2411-10, in II of article L. 2411-14, as well as articles L. 2411-18 and L. 2412-1 and are consulted in the cases provided for in II o…

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