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Showing 50315040 of 66696 articles for Art. L 146-1 · Cass. com. 3 December 1991 · Cass. soc. 19 June 2013

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article D71-110-3

I. - Pursuant to article L. 71-110-3, the president of the assembly of French Guiana shall present to the assembly of French Guiana an annual report on the situation with regard to equality between wo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article D72-100-3

I. - Pursuant to Article L. 72-100-3, the President of the Executive Council of Martinique shall present to the Assembly of Martinique an annual report on the situation with regard to equality between…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Semiconductor products

Article R622-3-1

A decision on the filing of a semiconductor product topography shall be taken within six months of the filing. This period is interrupted by the notification provided for in Article R. 622-3, until th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Critical care

Article R6123-36-1

I. - Authorisation for 1° under the adult critical care modality and for 1° and 2° under the paediatric critical care modality may only be granted if the holder has access, on site or by agreement, to…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation

Article A212-34-1

The regional and departmental director of youth, sports and social cohesion (DRDJSCS), the regional director of youth, sports and social cohesion (DRJSCS) or the director of youth, sports and social c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 11-3

NATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR HARM REDUCTION INITIATIVES AIMED AT SEX WORKERS I. - Reference framework Article L. 1181-1 of the present code, resulting from the law of 13 April 2016 aimed at strengthening t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-16

Where the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution has determined that the conditions set out in Article L. 517-13 are not fulfilled or have ceased to be fulfilled in order to ensure or restor…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conformity

Article L461-1

For the application of article L. 412-6 in Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the words: "in Article 38 of EU Regulation No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 De…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R927-1-3

For the application to Mayotte of article R. 711-40-3, the words: "la chambre de commerce et d'industrie de région et de chaque chambre de commerce et d'industrie territoriale ou départementale qui lu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure

Article 495-3-1

When the civil interests are decided, the civil party is notified of the criminal order in one of the ways provided for in the second paragraph of article 495-3. The civil party is informed that it ha…

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