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Showing 53615370 of 23561 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 mars 1993 n° 91-14685

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Emergency evacuation of victims by approved civil protection associations

Article R6312-45

…evel 2 team first aid" teaching unit provided for by the order mentioned inarticle 10 of decree no. 91-834 of 30 August 1991 as amended relating to first aid training; 3° Persons : a) Either holders o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-100

…e an account, in their report, of the performance of the duties assigned to them by articles L. 823-9, L. 823-10 and L. 823-11.The meeting deliberates and decides on all matters relating to the annual…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title IX: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R391-1

…of Chapter IV and Titles V, VI and VII. "Article R. 310-4 is applicable as amended by Decree no. 2019-1235 of 27 November 2019 transposing the regulatory provisions of Directive (EU) 2017/828 of 17 Ma…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Terms of office of board or committee members.

Article D5842-3

…5211-5-2 are applicable in French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2021-258 of 9 March 2021 subject to the adaptations provided for in II to V.II. - For the application of Article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-37-1

…it balance of the medicinal product or product as defined in the first paragraph of Article L. 5121-9. It shall forward the results of all studies, in particular safety and efficacy studies, and the r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to the measurement of the audience of professional employers' organisations at professional branch level and at national and cross-industry level

Article R2152-1

…subject to the last paragraph of Article L. 2152-1. For the liberal professions defined in Article 29 of Law 2012-387 of 22 March 2012 on vocational training, employment and social democracy, in the c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 474-1

…d by the Fund, in addition to any enforcement costs, under the conditions set out in Article L. 422-9 of the Insurance Code.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R222-10

…ersons: 1° who, unless exempted by the application of the provisions of articles R. 222-18, R. 222-19, last paragraph, or R. 222-27, have passed the examination mentioned in article R. 222-14 and have…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 722-12

…case, they may benefit from direct allocations to cover the promotional expenses mentioned in 6° to 9° of article 722-11.Companies that have received financial assistance from the European Union for t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Requests concerning national defence

Article R612-26

…able any additional documents submitted as long as the authorisation provided for in Article L. 612-9 n'est pas acquise. These shall be presented to them within a period of fifteen days from the date…

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