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Showing 51715180 of 23863 articles for Art. Cass. com. 17 February 1960 · Cass. 3e civ. 12 July 2000

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Information for guests.

Article R1112-1-2

…ient by this doctor, or by another member of the healthcare team mentioned in 1° of article L. 1110-12 who treated the patient, and who ensures that the information required for continuity of care has…

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

Article R521-2

…register in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of articles R. 626-25 and R. 642-12 of the same code or, failing that, those for which the debtors are entered in the Trade and Compa…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-3

…agraph when it concerns an employee of a sports association or a company referred to in Articles L. 122-2 and L. 122-12 of this code made available to the relevant delegated sports federation as a mem…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Representation of the professions to the public authorities.

Article D814-3-1

…they draw up or are required to draw up annual accounts under the conditions defined in Articles L. 123-12 to L. 123-22, persons exercising the profession of judicial administrator or judicial represe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-3

…njury does not fall within the scope of Article 53 of the Social Security Funding Act for 2001 (no. 2000-1257 of 23 December 2000) or of l'article L. 126-1 of the Insurance Code or Chapter I of the lo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation and administration

Article R6133-26

…nd conditions under which the rights of members are set out in the grouping's constituent agreement;12° The admission of new members;13° Exclusion of a member;14° The appointment and dismissal of the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Updates

Article L217-20

…tion. When the consumer exercises his right to rescind the contract, the provisions of articles L. 217-16 and L. 217-17 apply. This article does not apply in the case of a grouped offer within the mea…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition

Article R621-4

…A member who does not take part in a deliberation or who abstains from sitting pursuant to article 12 of law no. 2017-55 of 20 January 2017 on the general status of independent administrative authori…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Financial penalties imposed by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products)

Article L5471-1

…8, 4° to 10° of Article L. 5423-8, as well as Articles L. 5426-2, L. 5438-1, 9°, 14°, 15°, 16° and 17° of Article L. 5461-9 and 8°, 11°, 12° and 13° of Article L. 5462-8 may not exceed €150,000 for a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Individual authorisation.

Article L7124-1

…ans of communication to the public;3° In order to work as a model within the meaning of article L. 7123-2 ; 4° In a company or association whose purpose is to participate in video game competitions wi…

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