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Showing 49714980 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 Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Investigation, authorisation, refusal, renewal

Article R5121-69-1

…by the Haute Autorité de santé during the assessment of the application referred to in Article R. 5121-68, where applicable on a proposal from the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des pro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Electronic money institutions

Article L775-20

…d in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 526-1 to L. 526-4 Law no. 2013-100 of 28 January 2013 L. 526-5 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions and differentiated exercise of powers

Article L1111-6

…idered, solely by virtue of this appointment, to have an interest, within the meaning of Article L. 2131-11 of this Code, article 432-12 of the Penal Code or I of article 2 of law no. 2013-907 of 11 O…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate

Article L2123-6

…hall, where necessary, lay down the terms and conditions for applying the provisions of articles L. 2123-2 to L. 2123-5. In particular, they specify the limits within which municipal councils may vote…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D132-6

This section applies to the contracts mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 132-23, including those taken out in the context of supplementary professional retirement activities as defined in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Multi-year global financing plan

Article D6145-68

To assess changes in results and the levels of investment and debt referred to in 1° and 2° of Article D. 6145-67, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency takes into account the structure o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L8271-6

The enforcement officers referred to in Article L. 8271-1-2, as well as the authorities responsible for coordinating their actions, may exchange any information and documents required to carry out the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Decision

Article R2333-120-62

Where the chairman of the commission finds that the minute of a decision is vitiated by a material error or omission that is not likely to have had an influence on the judgment of the case, he may, by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Temporary suspension of the right to practise for professional incompetence

Article R4124-3-6

…own by the decision of the regional or inter-regional council or, in the case of VI of article R. 4124-3-5, of the national council, have not been met, the suspension of the person concerned shall be…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R927-1-6

In article R. 712-4-1, the words: "the president of the regional chamber, on a proposal from the president of the territorial chamber where applicable," are replaced by the words: "the president of th…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
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