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Showing 19711980 of 41434 articles for Art. Cass. com. 6 May 2003

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 698-2

…compensation for damage caused by one of the offences mentioned in the first paragraph of articles 697-1 or 697-4 belongs to those who have personally suffered damage directly caused by the offence.…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Technical provisions for life assurance, marriage and natality insurance and capitalisation operations

Article R343-6

…rge constituted by the allocation to the provision for liquidity risk mentioned in article R. 343-5 may be deferred under conditions specified by order of the Minister for the Economy. However, the de…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation of credit institutions by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article L772-6

…nt to Articles 4 and 14 of Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 October 2013, this withdrawal may also be decided by the European Central Bank" are replaced by the words: "It may also be decided…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Industrial tribunal members

Article D1423-67

The number of compensable hours that an industrial tribunal member may claim to have devoted to drafting decisions that are clearly linked, in particular because of the identity of a party, the subjec…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to victims and civil parties

Article D49-67

…to be informed of the sentenced person's release in accordance with the provisions of Articles 712-16-1 and 712-16-2 or who wishes to be informed of the end of the probationary suspension in accordanc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Wholesale distribution

Article R5124-62

…ons of the depository and the operator, manufacturer or importer on whose behalf it is acting. They may only distribute batches of medicinal products or other pharmaceutical products which have been r…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Penalties.

Article R333-6

The Prefect may decide to remove a campsite from the list of classified residential leisure parks on the grounds that the facilities are not maintained or are seriously inadequately maintained. He wil…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised examinations and samples.

Article R232-60

…te in the selection of the athletes to be tested and to assist the latter in the test operations.He may not be present during the operations provided for in 1° to 3° of article R. 232-49.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition.

Article L2343-6

…g from changes in the structure or size of the Community-scale undertaking or group of undertakings may be decided by agreement concluded within the European Works Council between the employer and the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Drinks advertising.

Article L3323-6

The initiator or initiators of a sponsorship operation may publicise their participation exclusively by means of written references in documents distributed on the occasion of this operation or wordin…

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