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Showing 75017510 of 11457 articles for Art. Rép. Kamowski: AN 25-12-2018 n° 13638

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Beverages.

Article L3351-6-1

…there is punishable by a fine of €7,500. A repeat offence is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a €15,000 fine. Legal entities guilty of the offence referred to in the first paragraph of this…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Governance system

Article R354-3-4

Internal risk and solvency assessment is an integral part of the business strategy of insurance and reinsurance companies. These undertakings systematically take it into account in their strategic dec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Advertising.

Article L511-58

Upon deposit against a receipt by the debtor of the bill of exchange and the protest of the postal cheque and the certificate of non-payment or a receipt recording payment of the cheque, the clerk of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Simplified judicial liquidation.

Article L644-5

…ard or duly summoned. This period is extended to one year when the number of the debtor's employees and its turnover excluding tax exceed thresholds set by decree.The court may, by a specially reasone…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article R335-7

…n request within thirty working days of receipt. II.-Where the application is incomplete, the applicant is invited to provide the missing information within a suspensive period of ten working days. II…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5462-5

For a manufacturer, agent, distributor or importer of a device referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 to carry out, cause to be carried out, disseminate or cause to be disseminated adver…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R1418-11

The Board of Directors meets at least three times a year when convened by its Chairman, who sets the agenda. If the Chairman is unable to attend, the Board shall be convened by the Chief Executive Off…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sale and transfer of shares.

Article R4113-56

…agraph of article 24 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies for the transfer of the shares of a deceased partner is set at one year from the date of the p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial and statistical monitoring

Article R5134-23

…t be kept beyond the period required to carry out the operations provided for in article R. 5134-18 and for a maximum of one year after the end of the employability assistance. However, in the event o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal settlements

Article R8114-5

Two copies of the proposed settlement are sent to the offender by any means that can be used to establish a date certain, within four months for minor offences and one year for major offences, from th…

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