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Showing 491500 of 44700 articles for Art. Cass. com. 30 June 1998 · Cass. com. 15 June 2010 · Cass. com. 15 May 1973 · Cass. com. 16 January 1996 · CA Versailles 7 June 2007

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Pre-implementation and post-implementation aid committees

Article 211-150

…Article…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
c: Other procedural acts

Article R40-15

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Chairman and Vice-Chairman

Article R1423-15

…ticle R. 1423-23 to elect a new chairman or a new vice-chairman when one of these offices becomes vacant for one of the following reasons: 1° Refusal of the chairman or vice-chairman to be installed;…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to compensation for personal injury.

Article R421-15

The guarantee fund may intervene, even before the criminal courts and even for the first time on appeal, with a view, in particular, to contesting the principle or the amount of the compensation claim…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Data processing carried out by the Agence de la biomédecine

Article R2143-15

…s receive, at the time of donation, the information provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 as well as information on the limitations on their rights provided for in II…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-15

…ny prefers, after the transfer, to repurchase the shares without delay, with a view to reducing its capital..

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and membership

Article R1253-15

…g from illness, accident, maternity or death; 2° Temporary absences related to leave of any kind, vocational training or the exercise of a professional, trade union or elective mandate.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Apprenticeship programme authorisation procedure

Article R1161-15

The application for authorisation referred to in Article L. 1161-5 is sent by the company exploiting the medicinal product to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Disposals, acquisitions and transfers

Article R1333-154

…Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, using a form issued by this body, except in the cases defined by the decision provided for in 1° of Article R. 1333-165.If no response is received w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Procedure

Article R4126-15

Where the complaint or submissions are inadmissible on grounds that may be remedied in the course of the proceedings, the court may not reject them by noting the inadmissibility of its own motion unti…

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