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Showing 851860 of 47047 articles for Art. Cass. com. 7 February 1995 n° 318 · Cass. com. 17 November 1998 · Cass. com. 19 October 1999 · Cass. com. 11 January 2017 n° 15-22.382 · CA Versailles 19 January 2016 · Cass. com. 17 May 1994

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions.

Article L5212-19

The revenue in the syndicate's budget comprises: 1° Contributions from associated communes; 2° Income from the union's movable or immovable property; 3° Sums it receives from public administrations, a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Extreme emergency work.

Article L4532-17

In the case of extremely urgent work whose immediate execution is necessary to prevent serious and imminent accidents or to organise rescue measures, the following obligations do not apply: 1° Submiss…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Events and meetings subject to declaration

Article A331-17

…1° The name, postal and electronic addresses and contact details of the organiser and, where applicable, of the person appointed as technical organiser; 2° The title of the event, the date, the circ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Investment and related services

Article D753-19

…oned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Declaration of hazardous mixtures

Article R1342-19

…ducts intended for human health, cosmetic products and tattooing products mentioned in article L. 5311-1; 2° Veterinary medicinal products as defined in article L. 5141-1; 3° Radioactive substances an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Health surveillance, safety and policing

Article R1442-19

For their application to Guadeloupe, Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy, articles R. 1435-1 to R. 1435-7 are amended as follows: 1° Article R. 1435-2 is amended as follows: a) I is replaced by the foll…

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

Article 696-19

Release may be requested at any time from the Investigating Chamber in accordance with the forms set out in articles 148-6 and 148-7. The claimant's lawyer is summoned by registered letter with acknow…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-19

…nance or reconstitution, whether open or disguised, of an association or grouping dissolved in application of article L. 332-18, as well as participating in activities that an association suspended fr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article R223-17

The report provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 223-19 contains:

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4 : Participation of medical transport companies in the on-call service for urgent medical transport

Article R6312-19

Departmental specifications setting out the framework and conditions for organising on-call medical transport services are drawn up by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency after consulti…

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