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Showing 46314640 of 55440 articles for Art. Cass. com. 4-2-2004 n° 01-13.516

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article D6213-4

I. - Part Three of the General Code of Territorial Authorities is applicable to Saint-Barthélemy under the conditions set out in this article.II. - Book I is applicable to Saint-Barthélemy under the f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Explosion prevention

Article R4227-44

To ensure the prevention of and protection against explosions, the employer shall take the technical and organisational measures appropriate to the type of operation on the basis of the principles of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R5146-4

The official veterinarians mentioned in 3° of article L. 5146-2, sworn in under the conditions defined in article R. 205-1 of the rural and maritime fishing code and authorised to investigate and reco…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Patients in health care institutions

Article L1112-4

Public and private health establishments and medico-social establishments shall implement the appropriate resources to deal with the pain of the patients they admit and to provide the palliative care…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Other service providers

Article L773-40

I.- Subject to the provisions of II, the provisions of the articles listed in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Other service providers

Article L774-40

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VI: Company difficulties.

Article R681-4

The notice of the judgment referred to in article R. 611-43 and in the fifth paragraph of article R. 621-8 contains, in addition to the information provided for by these provisions, the name used for…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article 713-43

If the sentenced person has complied with the measures, obligations and prohibitions imposed on him for a period at least equal to half of the sentence imposed, his rehabilitation appears to have been…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-4-5

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall monitor the level of own funds that has been determined by each Class 2 investment firm in accordance with Article L. 533-2-2 and shall verif…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Nature of copyright

Article L111-4

Subject to the provisions of international conventions to which France is a party, in the event that, after consultation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, it is established that a State does not p…

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