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Showing 10011010 of 47213 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26 May 1992 · Cass. com. 19 November 1975 n° 74-10.116 · CAA Nantes 26 May 2004 · Cass. com. 19 February 1979 · Cass. com. 6 June 1972 · Cass. com. 16 January 1985 · CA Paris 17 January 2008

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Obligations and financial responsibility of project owners and principals

Article R1263-19

The injunctions and information referred to in articles R. 1263-16 to R. 1263-18 shall be issued by any means that confers a date certain.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-26

A general-purpose investment fund may enter into financial contracts meeting the characteristics of credit derivatives which satisfy the following criteria:1° They make it possible to transfer the cre…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Novel foods and novel food ingredients

Article R412-19

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 the provisions of Articles 1 to 3 and 6 of Regulation (EU) No 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015, as…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Embryo storage

Article R2151-19

…torage of embryos, after obtaining the opinion of the Steering Committee, for a fixed period, which may not exceed five years, renewable under the same conditions. The authorisation shall state the na…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Credit consolidation

Article R314-19

…intermediary responds to any request from the borrower for an explanation of this document. In the case of a transaction giving rise to the provision of the information sheet referred to in article L…

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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 Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R1271-19

The authorised issuer must notify the Minister responsible for personal services without delay, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt: 1° Any takeover, acquisition or takeover of contro…

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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 Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3121-19

A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement or arrangement may provide for the maximum actual daily working time to be exceeded in the event of increased activity or for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Roads (R).

Article R5215-19

Each year, the mayor notifies the chairman of the community council of the programme of maintenance work that the town council decides to have carried out on the roads temporarily retained by the comm…

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