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Showing 13411350 of 54357 articles for Art. Cass. com. 16 January 1996 · Cass. com. 6 June 1972 · Cass. com. 2 July 2002 n° 00-18.243

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Currency issue

Article R721-16

The Institut d'émission d'outre-mer has the exclusive right to issue banknotes and coins in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands. These banknotes and coins are legal tende…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Exemptions granted by the Prefect

Article R3132-16

The extension authorisations referred to in Article L. 3132-23 are granted in accordance with the procedures set out in the first paragraph of Article L. 3132-21. The opinions mentioned in the first p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Duties of the coordinator.

Article R4532-16

The coordinator shall take the necessary steps to ensure that only authorised persons have access to the site.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a judicial representative

Article A812-16

The examination comprises oral and written tests.The subjects of the tests are decided and composed by the jury.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Obligations of persons holding authorisation.

Article R6312-16

…It is also provided : 1° With vehicles and personnel that comply with the provisions of articles R. 6312-14 and R. 6312-10; 2° Taking into account the indications given by the doctor ; 3° Without unju…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-16

…ting the solvency of the group of an undertaking referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 356-8 which holds, through a société de groupe d'assurance, a union mutualiste de groupe, a société de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The person responsible

Article R1261-16

…Ethics, Science and Teaching Committee for its opinion, under the conditions set out in article R. 1261-17. It may refer to the Committee any question concerning the operation of the special purpose e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Service life and disposal

Article R1333-161

…not exceed the exemption limit values set out in Table 1 and the second and third columns of Table 2 of Annex 13-8. IV - The supplier of sealed radioactive sources or products or devices containing s…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IIa: Special scheme for farmers

Article 1693 bis

…nts have been closed. Any additional tax due on the annual return referred to in 1° of I of article 298 bis is paid when the return is filed. If the operator considers that the instalments already pai…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial and accounting rules

Article R6123-16

…A sub-section dedicated to the equalisation between skills operators mentioned in 1° of article L. 6123-5 ; b) A sub-section dedicated to the financing of the driving licence subsidy mentioned in 1°…

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