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Showing 36213630 of 58536 articles for Art. II · Cass. 3e civ. 15 September 2010 · Cass. 3e civ. 4 November 1998

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to agricultural products and foodstuffs

Article L443-4

…comprising one or more agricultural products, where the indicators listed in the ninth paragraph of III of Article L. 631-24 and in Articles L. 631-24-1 et L. 631-24-3 of the French Rural and Maritime…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Protests.

Article R511-4

…er of the promissory note, the drawer of the cheque or the acceptor of the bill of exchange; Column 4: the surname, forenames, company or business name, if applicable trade name, profession and domici…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Offences committed by a person other than the employer or his representative.

Article R4741-4

…ng is punishable by a fifth-class fine: 1° Failure to mention in contracts, in breach of Article L. 4532-12, the obligation to participate in an inter-company safety, health and working conditions com…

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

Article R5121-46

…of the marketing authorisation;3° The designation of the manufacturing, testing and packaging sites;4° An undertaking by the applicant to comply with all the conditions to which the marketing authoris…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Advertising

Article L5223-4

…de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé and the administrative authority referred to in II of article L. 5221-2, within their respective areas of competence, may, under the conditions set…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom to provide services

Article R1132-4

The provisions of articles R. 4331-12 to R. 4331-15 are applicable to the provision of services by genetic counsellors whose declaration is provided for in article L. 1132-5.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R5438-4

Repeated offences under articles R. 5438-1 and R. 5438-2 are punishable in accordance with articles 132-11 and 132-15 of the French Criminal Code.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Interest for late payment

Article 440 bis

…0% per month.Interest for late payment is not due when the increases provided for in 1 of article 224, 9 of article 266 quinquies C and 3 of article 284 quater apply.II.In the event that the taxpayer…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Admission to psychiatric care by decision of the State representative.

Article L3213-4

…commission mentioned in article L. 3222-5. This article does not apply to the persons mentioned in II of article L. 3211-12.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Earmarked credit

Article L312-48

The borrower's obligations do not take effect until delivery of the goods or provision of the service.In the case of a contract of sale or provision of services with successive performance, the obliga…

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