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Showing 841850 of 58756 articles for Art. Cass. com. 19 June 1984 · CA Paris 2 March 1984 · Cass. com. 2 May 1972 · Cass. civ. 9 May 1962

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R4113-19

A member may, on condition that he informs the company by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, cease the professional activity that he carries out within the company. He must comply with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Tasks and procedures for designating reference medical biology laboratories

Article D6211-19

I.-Reference medical biology laboratories are designated for a period of five years. For the designation of reference medical biology laboratories, a call for applications is launched by the Minister…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Administration.

Article R6223-19

Minutes are drawn up of all deliberations of the General Meeting, signed by the shareholders present and containing, in particular: the date and place of the meeting, the items on the agenda, the iden…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction and procedures for bringing cases before the court

Article R249-19

On pain of inadmissibility, the application must be submitted in a separate written document bearing the words: "Application concerning conditions of detention (Article 803-8 of the Code of Criminal P…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Distribution and supply of labile blood products

Article R1221-19

Healthcare establishments store labile blood products intended for direct therapeutic use in units known as blood depots. A blood depot is a unit that stores and dispenses, under the authority of a do…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to safeguard procedures, receivership, compulsory liquidation and conciliation procedures applicable to credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms.

Article R613-19

…stitution or investment firm, the deposit guarantee and resolution fund referred to in Article L. 312-4, if it intervenes, shall inform each depositor of the amount of the claims excluded from its sco…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Operation.

Article L2343-19

…group of undertakings has set up a European Works Council, the agreement referred to in Article L. 2342-2 or an agreement reached within the group may decide to adapt the conditions under which the G…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to secure electronic devices enabling a dematerialised official report to be drawn up

Article A37-19-1

…ought before the competent court, the report drawn up with the device provided for in Article A. 37-19 is, at the request of the authority to which the complaint is made, printed on a white sheet of p…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L242-19

…the trader has not reimbursed the consumer in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 224-35, the sums owed by the professional are automatically increased by half.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Referral to the conciliator and examination of the claim

Article R141-19

…the expiry of the time limit set out in Article R. 141-15, the Chairman of the Mediation Conference may invite the other party to take part in an optional conciliation procedure. The parties must then…

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