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Showing 961970 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 Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Inter-company occupational health and prevention services.

Article L4622-15

…apply to the chairman of the occupational health and safety service or to one of its directors, he may not take part in the vote on the authorisation requested.Where the agreements relate to current…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Provisions applicable to the protection of ionising radiation sources against malicious acts

Article R1333-150

…s, in the course of his or her activity, to have access to ionising radiation sources or batches of category A, B or C radioactive sources, to transport them or to have access to information relating…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Chief Executive Officer

Article R1418-15

…° of article R. 1418-13. It is the authorising officer for the Agency's revenue and expenditure. He may appoint secondary authorising officers. The Director General may delegate his signature to those…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Special regulations concerning certain assets of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-15

…rior to the entry into force of decree no. 90-981 of 5 November 1990. The assets of these companies may only consist of built buildings or land located in the territory of one of the Member States of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assignment and pledging of trade receivables.

Article R313-15

The notification provided for in article L. 313-28 may be made by any means. Notification to the debtor of an assigned or pledged claim, in application of articles L. 313-23 to L. 313-35, must include…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-15

…en met or that there is an obvious error. An appeal against an opinion of the Investigating Chamber may only be based on formal defects of such a nature as to deprive that opinion of the essential con…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The guarantee fund.

Article R334-15

…ode is equal to one third of the minimum required solvency margin defined in Article R. 334-13, but may not be less than EUR 3,700,000 for undertakings constituted as sociétés anonymes and EUR 2,800,0…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Penalties applicable

Article L2333-15

…This procedure and the rate of the fine are set by decree in the Council of State. The police court may also order the offender to pay five times the fees of which the municipality or inter-municipal…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-15

…up-to-date information on their whereabouts to enable the tests mentioned in article L. 232-5 to be carried out:1° Athletes registered on the list of top-level athletes, elite athletes or national tea…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L1311-15

The use of public facilities by a local authority, a public institution for inter-municipal cooperation or a mixed syndicate is subject to a financial contribution for the benefit of the local authori…

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