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Showing 22212230 of 22921 articles for Art. Cass. com. 15 March 2017

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Trading platforms

Article L762-4

…44 of 12 April 2007 L. 421-9 Ordinance no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 421-10 Law no. 2023-171 of 9 March 2023 containing various provisions for adapting to European Union law in the fields of the eco…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medical devices and other products and articles regulated in the interests of public health.

Article L5522-2

…11-3-2, L. 5211-6, L. 5212-2, L. 5212-3, L. 5213-1 and L. 5213-2, the references to Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 are replaced by references to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-12

For the application of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport, may be…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Employment obligation

Article D5212-6

No later than 15 March of the year following the year in respect of which the declaration relating to the employment obligation is made, temporary employment agencies and employer groups shall send ea…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Consolidated publication systems

Article D549-5

I. - In application of I of Article L. 549-15, the consolidated publication system referred to in the same article makes public the information mentioned in Article D. 549-4. It also makes public the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: European Union trade mark

Article L717-5

…n application for a national trade mark in the cases provided for in Article 139 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of 14 June 2017. In these cases, the national trade mark application must, on pain of reje…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Reserving contracts for social economy enterprises

Article R2113-8

…ice or, in the absence of such a notice, the consultation documents shall refer to Articles L. 2113-15 and L. 2113-16.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Traceability

Article L3512-24

…ity in compliance with the provisions laid down in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/573 of 15 December 2017 on the essential elements of data storage contracts to be concluded in the context…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: The National Disciplinary Committee.

Article R724-6

The Bureau of the Court of Cassation meets between 15 and 31 March at the invitation of the First President. It counts the votes and ranks the candidates in descending order of the number of votes obt…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of in vitro diagnostic medical devices.

Article L5221-8

…resale or use of certain devices or categories of devices mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 is prohibited or regulated;4° The arrangements for market surveillance of the same devices…

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