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Showing 471480 of 42508 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 October 2012 · Cass. 3e civ. 11 May 2005 · Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 2012

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Importation of faeces and faecal microbiota preparations

Article D513-11-11

I. - Stools and faecal microbiota preparations may only be imported from a State in which the donor selection, tests and analyses mentioned in the rules of good practice provided for in article L. 513…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-19-5

…according to criteria defined by the authority mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 2224-19-1 and taking into account the location, nature and size of the installations. These operations ma…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for the extension of agreements.

Article L2261-19

…es, must have been negotiated and concluded within the joint committee mentioned in article L. 2232-9. This committee is made up of representatives of representative employers' and employees' trade un…

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

Article 2-19

…or III of the Criminal Code, Chapter III of Title III of Book IV of the same Code or by the Law of 29 July 1881 on the freedom of the press committed against a person invested with a public elective o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: People's savings plan

Article L221-19

…ance policy with periodic premiums was taken out under the people's savings plan before 5 September 1996, to a premium equal to a quarter of their annual amount, without being able to exceed an annual…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Changes in scope and organisation.

Article L5211-19

A commune may withdraw from the public establishment for intercommunal cooperation, except in the case of an urban community or a metropolis, under the conditions laid down in article L. 5211-25-1, wi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Medical applications

Article L1333-19

…of people exposed for medical purposes covered, where applicable, by articles L. 6313-1 to L. 6313-11 of the French Labour Code.Health professionals requesting medical diagnostic procedures using ion…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article L612-19

…nce. Where necessary, by virtue of their involvement in the functions of the Banque de France, they may be subject to those of the Statute of the Banque de France.The Authority's departments constitut…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Group governance system.

Article L356-19

…uirement for the group on a consolidated basis. The undertakings referred to in the first paragraph may, subject to the agreement of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution in its capacit…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Direct allowances to supplement the new horizontal aid to compensate for reduced activity

Article 919-90

…rtainment establishments of the implementation of the health pass, provided for by decree no. 2021-699 of 1st June 2021 prescribing the general measures necessary for managing the end of the health cr…

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