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Showing 24312440 of 36022 articles for Art. Cass. com. 24 May 2011

French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Specific measures

Article L412-9

…13 of 13 December 2013 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the indication of fresh, chilled and f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Tax revenue and fees

Article L3662-1

…spect of the authority to organise the public distribution of electricity mentioned in article L. 2224-31, provided that this competence is not already exercised by an authority mentioned in article L…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Monitoring exposure to occupational risk factors

Article L4163-16

…4 of this Code and, for the companies and establishments mentioned in articles L. 722-20 and L. 722-24 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, the agricultural social security funds may carry out or h…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: The Assize Court

Article D45-1-4

…month before it takes place. This notice informs the person that the confiscation of this property may be ordered and that he or she has the right to present his or her observations at the hearing in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision of bodies offering continuing professional development activities

Article R4021-25

I.-The body or structure registered in application of article R. 4021-24 may propose continuing professional development initiatives, presented in dematerialised form in accordance with the model defi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article L214-175-1

I. - Exposure to the risks referred to in I of Article L. 214-168 may result from the acquisition, subscription or holding of receivables or other assets referred to in III below, the granting of loan…

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

Article R356-26-1

…Article R. 356-26 in respect of a subsidiary having its registered office in that Member State, it may, within one month of the transmission of that proposal, refer the matter to the European Insuran…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Personal protective equipment

Article R4311-11

…subject to special regulations adopted pursuant toArticle L. 221-3 of the Consumer Code, the law of 24 May 1941 relating to standardisation and Title III of Book V of the Public Health Code; 7° Compon…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for placing on the market and putting into service.

Article R5211-17

No medical device may be placed on the market or put into service in France unless it complies with the essential health and safety requirements referred to in section 5 of this chapter which apply to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Group retirement savings plan

Article R3334-1-2

…risk investment profile, as defined at the time of authorisation under articles L. 214-3 and L. 214-24-24 of the Monetary and Financial Code; 2° No later than two years prior to the exit date of the c…

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