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Showing 37213730 of 31968 articles for Art. Cass. soc. 8-6-2005 n° 02-47.689

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-8-1

I.-To issue the approval referred to in III of Article L. 621-8, the AMF shall check that the document is complete and comprehensible, and that the information it contains is consistent. II - In the c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Investor guarantees

Article L322-6

Subject to the provisions of Articles L. 322-7 to L. 322-10, the Deposit Guarantee and Resolution Fund manages the investor guarantee mechanism instituted by Article L. 322-5. Articles L. 312-5, L. 31…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Right of access to premises and places of business and home visits.

Article 64

1. In order to investigate and establish the customs offences referred to in articles 414 to 429 and 459, customs officers authorised for this purpose by the Minister responsible for customs may carry…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organs, tissues, cells and products.

Article L1272-6

As stated in article 511-8 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below: "The act of distributing or transferring organs, tissues, cellular products for therapeutic purposes or human products with a view to…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title III: Rules relating to life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A134-6

The vehicles referred to in the second paragraph of Article R. 134-6 are those whose synthetic risk indicator, referred to in Article 3 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2017/653 of 8 March 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L533-30-6

The fixed portion of the total remuneration of the persons referred to in Article L. 533-30 represents a sufficiently large portion of the total remuneration to allow the greatest possible flexibility…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-8-4

Subject to fulfilling their priority mission of providing medical support to the armed forces as mentioned in article L. 6147-7, the medical supply establishments of the armed forces health service ma…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Mobility within or outside the European Union

Article R6222-67

The agreement concluded between the apprentice and his legal representatives in the case of minors, the employer in France, the employer abroad, the apprentice training centre in France and, where app…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5441-8-1

The following is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 euros:1° The fact, for the qualified person mentioned in II of Article L. 5142-1, of releasing a batch of veterinary medici…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers of the overseas regions in relation to economic development and regional planning

Article L4433-10-8

The regional development plan is amended at the request of the representative of the State to ensure its compliance with the rules mentioned in article L. 4433-8 or its compatibility with the objectiv…

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