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Showing 28712880 of 49367 articles for Art. Cass. com. 6 June 1990 · Cass. com. 3 June 2014 · Cass. 1re civ. 8 January 2002

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXX: Agency for the management and recovery of seized and confiscated assets

Article R54-8

…Treasury. However, the sums seized and the sums arising from the disposal of assets provided for in 3° and 4° of Article 706-160 or the investment of these sums provided for in 4° of Article 760-163 s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Rules applicable to certain issuers.

Article D213-8

To be authorised to issue negotiable debt securities, the undertakings referred to in Article L. 213-3-2 must belong to one of the following categories:1° Companies in the form of joint stock companie…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Discipline.

Article L4234-8

…Disciplinary Board of the National Council are incompatible with those provided for in article L. 4231-6.The amount of the allowances allocated to the president or alternate president of the disciplin…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Provisions relating to the management of the guarantee fund for risks associated with the agricultural spreading of urban or industrial sewage sludge.

Article R424-8

…sentative of the Minister for the Environment; 2° A representative of the Minister for Agriculture; 3° A representative of the Minister for the Economy; 4° A representative of the Minister for the Bud…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Calculation and payment procedures.

Article L5422-8

Notwithstanding the provisions of articles L. 5421-1 and L. 5421-3, foreign workers involuntarily deprived of employment who leave France to settle in their country of origin may, at their request, co…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Opposition

Article D1253-8

…f the collective agreement chosen are not complied with or where the agreement has been terminated; 3° Where the conditions laid down in the first paragraph of article D. 1253-7 are no longer met.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts

Article R4321-8

…uring cardiovascular re-education sessions, the interpretation of which is reserved for the doctor; 3° To participate in respiratory re-education.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other narcotic substances and preparations

Article R5132-86

…ons of Chapter I of Title II of this Book or by the European Union pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 laying down Community procedur…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Development of apprenticeships in the non-industrial and non-commercial public sector

Article L6227-8

…the benefit of employees of the other legal entities governed by public law mentioned in article L. 6227-1. Validation of entitlement to old-age insurance is carried out in accordance with the conditi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Guardianship arrangements.

Article R* 712-8

The decisions mentioned in articles R. 712-6 and R. 712-7 are tacitly approved by the supervisory authority on expiry of a period of two months from the date of receipt by the supervisory authority of…

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