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Showing 23712380 of 42508 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 October 2012 · Cass. 3e civ. 11 May 2005 · Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 2012

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Credit and investment institutions

Article L773-11

…lumn of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL. 516-1 Law no. 2023-171 of 9 March 2023 containing various provisions adapting to European Union law in the fields of the econo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Credit and investment institutions

Article L774-11

…lumn of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL. 516-1 Law no. 2023-171 of 9 March 2023 containing various provisions adapting to European Union law in the fields of the econo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Training content and organisation

Article R2315-11

…Committee is the subject of courses separate from that organised in application of article R. 2315-9. The purpose of this renewal is to enable members of the staff delegation to update their knowledg…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Special provisions applicable to the local authorities of Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin

Article 937

Persons remanded in custody until their appearance before the court may be held in a premises other than a prison until the third working day following the order prescribing detention at the latest. F…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Informing the person entered in the file

Article R53-8-11

…ic prosecutor in accordance with the procedures described in the third paragraph of Article R. 53-8-9. The document provided for in the penultimate paragraph of article R. 53-8-9 is given or sent to t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to financial investment advisers

Article L573-11

…ns set out in article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in article L. 573-9 shall incur, in addition to the fine set out in article 131-38 of the French Criminal Code, the pe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 116-1

…ing at first appearance and confrontations, shall be subject to audiovisual recording.The recording may only be consulted, during the investigation or before the trial court, in the event of a challen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Vaccinations.

Article L3111-11

…lishments and organisations under conditions defined by decree are free of charge.Local authorities may carry out vaccination activities under an agreement with the State. This agreement specifies the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-11

…de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé under the conditions mentioned in Articles R. 5139-3 to R. 5139-7 . Failure to submit a new application for authorisation will result in the immediat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Tasks that may be carried out by dispensing pharmacists

Article R5125-33-9

…s I and II referred to in 4° of article L. 5132-1, under the conditions set out in articles R. 5132-9 and R. 5132-10, adding the information relating to the date of administration of the vaccine and i…

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