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Showing 29712980 of 49367 articles for Art. Cass. com. 6 June 1990 · Cass. com. 3 June 2014 · Cass. 1re civ. 8 January 2002

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Other offences.

Article L654-8

Any person mentioned in article L. 654-1, to take any action or make any payment in breach of the provisions of article L. 622-7; 2° For any person mentioned in article L. 654-1, to make a payment in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Access to payment accounts

Article D133-8

The audit report provided for in Article 3 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2018/389 of 27 November 2017 shall be communicated annually to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolutio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-8

…ghts granted to civil parties in respect of discrimination punishable under the articles 225-2 and 432-7 of the Penal Code, when they are committed because of the victim's state of health, disability…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article L1413-6

…alth network in order to assist the Agency in the performance of its duties mentioned in 1°, 2° and 6° of Article L. 1413-1, the natural or legal persons concerned who are required to transmit informa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Acts and decisions subject to the procedure provided for in Article 696-114

Article 696-120

…utor and after, where appropriate, an adversarial hearing organised in accordance with Articles 142-6 and 142-7.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-86

…n the case of a corporate shareholder, the company controlling it within the meaning of Article L. 233-3 must be subject to the prior authorisation of the supervisory board. The same applies to agreem…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 ter

…isory board entrusted with special duties; 2° In limited liability companies: to minority managers; 3° In other companies or establishments liable to corporation tax: to managers subject to the employ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Persons authorised to practise the profession of pharmacy assistant

Article D4241-6

…experience duly certified by the employer, acquired either under the third paragraph of article L. 663 of the present code in its version prior to 22 June 2000, or by holders of a pharmacist's diplom…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Recruitment.

Article R6152-610

…ignment as a matter of priority. Failing this, the provisions of the second paragraph of article R. 6152-629 will be applied.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Recruitment.

Article R6152-604

…several establishments, within the "groupements hospitaliers de territoire" mentioned in article L. 6132-1 or to promote the development of the networking of health establishments mentioned in article…

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