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Showing 24312440 of 19493 articles for Art. Cass. com. 19 April 1972

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Publication of the register

Article R123-319

…professions authorised to know about it pursuant to the dispositions de l'article 2 du décret n° 2019-341 du 19 avril 2019 relatif à la mise en œuvre de traitements comportant l'usage du numéro d'ins…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R1243-3

…ctivities under the conditions provided for in this section, with the exception of Articles R. 1243-19 and R. 1243-24 which do not apply to them.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Professional recovery

Article R645-10

…ecovery procedure. This letter reproduces the provisions of articles L. 645-8, L. 645-11 and R. 645-19 and includes as an annex a copy of the inventory of the debtor's assets and the list of claims de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation and administration

Article R6133-27

…ed renewable term, some of its powers from among those mentioned in 2°, 8°, 9°, 10°, 15°, 16°, 17°, 19°, 20° and 21°. In matters other than those mentioned in this article, the General Meeting may del…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article R561-57

…nated and specially empowered by the National Bar Council pursuant to Article 156 of Decree No. 91-1197 of 27 November 1991 organising the legal profession; 8° Inspecting notaries appointed under the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Accommodation

Article L552-6

…esigns, implements and manages, under the conditions provided for by Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exemption

Article 1594 H

…ilt or acquired by first-time buyers who have taken out state-subsidised loans (PAP) between 1 July 1981 and 31 December 1984 and who are unable to meet their repayments, when the first-time buyers wh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedure for initial applications for clinical trials on medicinal products

Article R1124-8

…nal information under the conditions set out in Article 7(3) of the aforementioned Regulation of 16 April 2014. If it requests additional information, the Committee may decide to issue a favourable op…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions relating to beneficiaries of people's savings passbook accounts.

Article R221-38

…e second consecutive year or has been unable to prove that they do. Such an account is closed by 30 April of the second year at the latest and the sums in it are transferred to another account opened…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R1271-23

Before 30 April each year, the authorised issuer of the special payment voucher referred to in B of Article L. 1271-1 sends the Minister responsible for personal services and the Banque de France, by…

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