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Showing 31113120 of 57385 articles for Art. L 641-3 · Cass. com. 20 March 2019 n° 17-20.629

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5421-3

…It is an offence to market, broker or distribute, whether free of charge or against payment, wholesale or retail, homeopathic medicinal products mentioned in 11° of article L. 5121-1 or traditiona…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L214-3

The incorporation, conversion or liquidation of a UCITS or a UCITS subfund is subject to authorisation by the Autorité des marchés financiers. The AMF may withdraw its authorisation from any UCITS or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-3

Co-operative societies of retail traders are societies with variable capital constituted in the form of a limited liability company or a public limited company and operating in accordance with the pro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1511-3

In compliance with article L. 4251-17, the municipalities, the Lyon metropolitan area and the public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status are solely competent to de…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Agenda

Article L2315-30

The agenda for Social and Economic Committee meetings is sent by the Chairman to the Committee members, to the Labour Inspectorate official referred to in Article L. 8112-1 and to the Social Security…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Agenda

Article L2315-31

When the Social and Economic Committee meets at the request of the majority of its members, the questions attached to the request to convene the meeting are included on the agenda.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: National health data system

Article L1461-3

I.-Access to personal data in the national health data system may only be authorised for the purposes of processing:1° Contributing to a purpose mentioned in III of Article L. 1461-1 and meeting a pub…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: Public contracts concluded by a contracting authority

Article L2513-3

Public service contracts awarded by a contracting authority providing postal services within the meaning of 5° of Article L. 1212-3 and relating to: 1° Electronic mail services provided entirely by el…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L2141-3

The following persons are excluded from the contract award procedure:1° Subject to the compulsory liquidation procedure provided for in Article L. 640-1 of the French Commercial Code or subject to an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Control.

Article L1263-3

When a Labour Inspectorate inspector mentioned in Article L. 8112-1 observes a serious breach, committed by an employer established outside France who posts employees on national territory, of Article…

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