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Showing 26812690 of 19493 articles for Art. Cass. com. 19 April 1972

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Medical biology laboratory activity

Article D6211-13

For the application of Articles L. 6211-19, L. 6222-2, L. 6222-3 and L. 6223-4, the total number of medical biology examinations is obtained, for each laboratory, by adding together the number of unit…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Governance of the plan

Article R144-14

…nes the procedures for transferring the plan or implementing the provisions of II of article R. 144-19 if the thresholds defined in II of that article are exceeded; 6° Drafts proposals for amendments…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-6

…is assets and which he may request to be repossessed under the conditions set out in Article L. 624-19.The debtor shall provide the administrator and the mandataire judiciaire, for the purposes of car…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Supervision on a consolidated basis by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and college of supervisors

Article L613-20-6-1

…oint decision in accordance with the decision of the European Banking Authority pursuant to Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and operation (R)

Article R1425-9

…peration are counted by the commission set up in article 18 of the décret n° 96-1005 du 22 novembre 1996 relatif à l'installation des premiers conseils d'administration des services départementaux d'i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D6211-3

…nation. II - The contextual interpretation of results referred to in Articles L. 6211-2 and L. 6211-19 consists of writing down the biological significance of one or more results, taken individually o…

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

Article R356-25

…the matter to the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Consumer rights

Article L217-5

…ates that the consumer may legitimately expect, in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 217-19; 6° It corresponds to the quantity, quality and other characteristics, including in terms of dura…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 75-3

…operations and transmit the elements of the procedure to the Public Prosecutor pursuant to Article 19 before the expiry of the two-year period or, in the event of an extension, the three-year period,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Other appendices

Article Annexe H

…s. (8) 12. Where applicable, conditions for the payment of advances or instalments. (9) (1) Article 19 of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management. (2) Art…

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