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Showing 48214830 of 49267 articles for Art. Cass. soc. 7 March 1989 · Cass. soc. 14 May 1997 · Cass. soc. 7 March 2001 · Cass. soc. 18 November 1992 · Cass. soc. 29 May 1991 · Cass. soc. 8 July 2009 · Cass. soc. 30 March 2010 · Cass. soc. 21 September 2016

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Import and export of gametes and germ tissue for the purposes of medically assisted procreation, fertility preservation or restoration of hormonal function

Article R2141-29

…providing her with medically assisted procreation, or where they are stored pursuant to Article L. 2141-11 or Article L. 2141-12, the words "for the benefit of the person only"; 6° Identification of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Registrations and amending registrations carried out ex officio

Article R123-298

…of the debtor t) pronouncing personal bankruptcy or the prohibition provided for in Article L. 653-8, with an indication of the period for which these measures have been pronounced; u) Replacing cour…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional compensation measures

Article 916-29

For each establishment, the amount of the direct allocation is determined by applying the percentage corresponding to the establishment's market share to the amount of funds allocated to direct alloca…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Revision of the jury list

Article 292

…ht to the attention of the accused by the court clerk, without formality. The accused or his lawyer may request that a delay, which may not exceed one hour, be observed before the opening of the proce…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Company mutual funds.

Article R214-214

The following are deemed to be liquid within the meaning of the third paragraph of Article L. 3332-17 of the Labour Code: 1° Transferable securities admitted to trading on a French or foreign regulate…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: International cooperation and information exchange

Article D784-21

…column of the same table:Articles applicableIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 632-1-1n° 2007-904 of 15 May 2007D. 632-1No. 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 632-4no. 2008-1480 of 30 December 20…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 7: Additional payment without express consent

Article L121-18

The provisions of this section are of public order.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Obligations of the recipient organisation

Article R1221-18

…is of the data in the pre-employment declaration sent to it by the body referred to in Article R. 1221-3, the Caisse nationale d'assurance vieillesse des travailleurs salariés (National Old-Age Insura…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Competitive dialogue

Article R2161-30

At the request of the purchaser, the successful tenderer may be asked to clarify aspects of its tender or to confirm the commitments contained therein. However, such requests may not have the effect o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Summoning judicial police officers who have made a declaration of address

Article R15-33-76

…dicial authorities alone, to issue as soon as possible to the persons referred to in articles 16 to 29 who have been subject to the provisions of article 62-1 summonses from these authorities. They mu…

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