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Showing 30713080 of 19721 articles for Art. Cass. crim. 22 August 2018

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R212-7-20

…permission application file is considered complete in accordance with articles R. 423-19 to R. 423-22 of the Code de l'urbanisme is not submitted within two years of the date specified in the first p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Stock options.

Article L225-185

…y its employees or corporate officers, the maximum provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 225-182 is increased to one-third of the capital. The chairman of the board of directors, the chief…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Special cases

Article 695-46

…n the scope of Article 695-12. Consent is refused on one of the grounds referred to in articles 695-22 and 695-23 and may be for any of those mentioned in article 695-24.

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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

…aragraph 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 case of an association…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Quarantine and isolation measures

Article R3131-24

…elay by any means capable of establishing receipt. The provisions of articles R. 3131-20 to R. 3131-22 are applicable during the period in which the quarantine or isolation measure is extended beyond…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Information on tobacco product packaging

Article R3512-26

I. - In addition to the health warnings provided for in Article L. 3512-22 and the warnings relating to the impact on the environment of the abandonment of waste resulting from the consumption of toba…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Practice of the profession.

Article R6223-44

…the company by a decision taken by an enhanced majority of the members provided for in Article R. 6223-22, calculated by excluding, in addition to the person concerned, those who have already been sa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article L2336-1

…780 million euros respectively. In 2016 and 2017, the fund's resources are set at €1 billion. From 2018, the fund's resources are set at €1 billion.2. The tax resources referred to in 1 correspond, f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Advertising.

Article D5141-88-1

…n Article 23 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products and repealing Directive 2001/82/EC or in exceptional circumsta…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-21-1

…the number of directors bound to the company by a contract of employment referred to in Article L. 225-22.

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