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Showing 53315340 of 23863 articles for Art. Cass. com. 17 February 1960 · Cass. 3e civ. 12 July 2000

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R5315-3

…internal regulations of the Board of Directors and its committees mentioned in article R. 5315-5 ; 12° The annual activity report and the social report; 13° The initial budget, employment authorisati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-138

…labelling of the immediate packaging of a medicinal product or a product referred to in Article L. 5121-8, must include the following information, written in such a way as to be easily legible, clearl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article L163-10

A fine of 12,000 euros shall be imposed on the drawee who: 1. Indicate a provision that is less than the existing and available provision; 2. Rejecting a cheque on the grounds of insufficient or unava…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Sexual harassment.

Article L1153-2

…of sexual harassment or reported such acts, may be subject to the measures mentioned in Article L. 1121-2. The persons mentioned in the first paragraph of this article benefit from the protections pro…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Exercising rights in connection with criminal proceedings

Article L744-10

…cribed into the register provided for by, depending on the case, the third paragraph of article 380-12, the fourth paragraph of article 502 or the third paragraph of article 576 of the Code of Crimina…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-40

…mission of the Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy in the cases provided for in Articles L. 6122-9, L. 6122-12 and L. 6122-13, includes the reasons for this decision and is sent to the applican…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General scheme

Article L214-89

…t exceed the amount of his share in the capital. For the application of articles L. 341-1 to L. 341-17, the units of the forestry investment groupings mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 21…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D3371-2

…CABLE PROVISIONSAS THEY STANDTo Book IIn Title IIID. 3133-2Resulting from decree no. 2019-748 of 18 July 2019D. 3133-27Book IITitle IID. 3221-4Resulting from decree no. 2019-748 of 18 July 2019

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-25

…erations of the members are subject to the provisions of articles 40 to 47 of decree n° 78-704 of 3 July 1978. The General Meeting may only validly deliberate if at least three quarters of the members…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Provisions relating to the analysis of resolvability

Article A311-6

…isk of contagion within a group linked to the existence of risk transfer or intra-group guarantees; 12° The extent to which the legal or organisational structure of the group constitutes an obstacle t…

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