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Showing 39513960 of 20728 articles for Art. Cass. com. 14 février 2007 n° 05-20312

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Content and electronic form of the register

Article R521-2

…r's lien on a business;4° The pledge of a business;5° Declarations of claims pursuant to Article L. 141-22 of the French Commercial Code;6° Maritime mortgages excluding those relating to ships registe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I-1: Research involving the human person

Article L1541-4

…121-3 Order no. 2016-800 of 16 June 2016 L. 1121-4 Order no. 2016-800 of 16 June 2016 L. 1121-5 Law n° 2012-300 of 5 March 2012 L. 1121-6 Law n° 2012-300 of 5 March 2012 L. 1121-7 Law no. 2019-180 of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent access to the national health data system for certain public services

Article R1461-11

…public establishments and bodies entrusted with a public service mission, mentioned in article R. 1461-12, are authorised to process personal data from the national health data system from the main…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for certain transfers

Article L1614-8

…ed in application of article 95 of law no. 83-8 du 7 janvier 1983 précitée, constaté au 1er janvier 2007. The respective share due to each department is obtained by applying a coefficient to the total…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article L2335-1

…2006, the amount of this allocation calculated in this way is increased by 10.5 million euros. From 2007, for the calculation of the deduction to be made from State revenues in respect of this allocat…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Cooperation and exchange of information

Article L311-59

…Article L. 311-12 of the same code, and when it draws up the report provided for in Article L. 311-14, the resolution college may, where appropriate, involve the competent counterpart authorities, un…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Definitive approval

Article D331-34

…ion, including French; 6° A copy of the nominative social declaration provided for inarticle R. 133-14 of the French Social Security Code; 7° (Deleted) 8° All documents attesting to the definitive cla…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles and terms of pawnbroking.

Article D514-8-1

…le; 9° Regulatory limits on the amount of credit that may be granted in accordance with article D. 514-8 ; 10° The security constituted by the pledge; 11° The terms and conditions under which the borr…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Other product-related offences

Article L451-15

Natural persons guilty of the offences punishable under articles L. 451-9 to L. 451-14 also incur as additional penalties the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 131-27 o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-1

…5121-12-1-1 shall apply to the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Act No. 2019-1446 of 24 December 2019. Articles L. 5121-12-1-2 and L. 5121-14-3 are applicable to the Wallis and…

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