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Showing 23112320 of 22921 articles for Art. Cass. com. 15 March 2017

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Rules applicable to financial contracts, temporary acquisitions and sales of financial instruments and guarantees

Article R214-16

I - The financial indices mentioned in article R. 214-15 meet the following conditions:1° Their composition is sufficiently diversified, in the sense that the following criteria are met:a) The index i…

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

Article L5221-1

…iagnostic medical devices and their accessories shall comply with the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 and with the provisions of th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Coverage of cash requirements and investment financing

Article 916-17

…medium-sized cinemas, the total amount of aid is equivalent to the average of the sums entered for 2017, 2018 and 2019 in the automatic account opened for each cinema in accordance with articles 123-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3a: Similar biological medicinal products

Article R5121-9-1

…ncludes the medicinal products included in each similar biological group within the meaning of b of 15° of article L. 5121-1 and specifies, for each of these medicinal products, its name, strength, ph…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2671-1

…ting from decree no. 2021-1634 of 13 December 2021R. 2122-2Resulting from decree no. 2021-357 of 30 March 2021R. 2122-3 to R. 2122-7R. 2122-8 Resulting from decree no. 2019-1344 of 12 December 2019R.…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2681-1

…ting from decree no. 2021-1634 of 13 December 2021R. 2122-2Resulting from decree no. 2021-357 of 30 March 2021R. 2122-3 to R. 2122-7R. 2122-8Resulting from decree no. 2019-1344 of 12 December 2019R. 2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products

Article L5541-2

…ting fromOrder no. 2022-582 of 20 April 2022, subject to replacing the reference to Regulation (EU) 2017/745 with the reference to the rules applicable in mainland France pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection III: The judgment.

Article 456

…be signed using a qualified electronic signature process that meets the requirements of Decree No. 2017-1416 of 28 September 2017 on electronic signatures.Withdrawal of the qualification of one or mo…

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

Article R521-4

…be kept in electronic form. A qualified electronic signature meeting the requirements of Decree no. 2017-1416 of 28 September 2017 on electronic signatures shall be used.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: The mayor and deputy mayors.

Article D2573-7

…no. 2010-783 of 8 July 2010 R. 2122-9-1 decree no. 2005-935 of 2 August 2005 R. 2122-10 decree no. 2017-890 of 6 May 2017 R. 2122-11 Decree no. 2017-270 of 1 March 2017Ia. - For the application of Ar…

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