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Showing 53715380 of 48231 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26 April 1984 · Cass. com. 4 May 1982 · CA Grenoble 21 December 2006

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Penalty procedure

Article L423-4

The Commission may not be seized of facts dating back more than three years if no action has been taken up to that point to investigate, establish or punish them.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Resources

Article L512-46

The caisses régionales de crédit agricole mutuel may only issue savings bonds with variable maturities, with or without interest, to farmers domiciled in the district of the caisse régionale.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 422-3

The same person may not simultaneously apply for or receive more than three Diversity Images grants. Companies constituting a community of economic interests are considered to be the same person.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Report presenting the procedure carried out by the contracting authorities

Article R2184-4

Insofar as the award notice contains the information required by articles R. 2184-1 to R. 2184-3, the contracting authority may refer to this notice in the presentation report.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Commencement of proceedings

Article L742-4

The judge may appoint a representative from a list drawn up under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat and arrange for a social investigation to be carried out.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L1161-4

The programmes or actions defined in articles L. 1161-2 and L. 1161-3 may not be developed or implemented by companies engaged in the exploitation of a medicinal product, persons responsible for marke…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4131-4

By way of derogation from the provisions of article L. 4111-1, persons of French or foreign nationality who do not meet the conditions defined by this article may, with a view to carrying out teaching…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Regional cooperation

Article L7153-4

…areas of competence of the territorial collectivity of French Guiana, the assembly of French Guiana may, by deliberation, request the authorities of the Republic to authorise its president to negotiat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Occupational exposure limit values

Article R4431-4

…ustified to the Labour Inspectorate monitoring officer and for activities characterised by a significant variation in daily noise exposure from one working day to the next, the weekly noise exposure l…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition

Article R6156-47

…e conditions for inclusion on the electoral list for a section of the national statutory commission may be elected to that section. However, the following may not be elected: 1° Practitioners on long-…

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