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Showing 16711680 of 43993 articles for Art. al. 3 · Cass. 1re civ. 14 March 2018

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to sociétés d'exercice libéral.

Article R814-146-1

The company is formed under the suspensive condition of its registration on the national list of judicial administrators provided for by Article L. 811-2 or on the national list of judicial representa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Dissolution and liquidation of the company

Article R5125-24-14

The liquidator shall sell the shares or corporate units held by the société de participations financières de profession libérale de pharmaciens d'officine in the société(s) d'exercice libéral, under t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal proceedings

Article L615-14-1

If the offences defined in Article L. 615-14, or if the offender is or has been bound by agreement with the injured party, the penalties incurred are increased to double. The offenders may, in additio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-14-2

…nal product is harmful; 2° The medicinal product does not allow therapeutic results to be obtained; 3° The risk-benefit ratio is not favourable; 4° The proprietary medicinal product does not have the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Obligations in the event of a low risk of money laundering or terrorist financing

Article R561-14-2

…procedures provided for in Article R. 561-5, as well as the measures provided for in Article R. 561-14.II. - For the contracts mentioned in 1° of Article R. 561-16, the identification provided for in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-14-1

…ng shall be deleted by the managing department before expiry of the period mentioned in Article R. 53-14: 1° The data mentioned in 1° and 1° bis of I of Article

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Obligations incumbent on the person entered in the file

Article R53-8-14

For the application of 1° and 2° of Article 706-53-5, the proof referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 53-8-13 is delivered or sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions relating to termination of pregnancy by medication

Article R2212-14-1

…sions of the first paragraph, in the context of a teleconsultation referred to in 1° of article R. 6316-1, the medicines required for the voluntary termination of pregnancy are prescribed by the docto…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Budgetary and accounting arrangements for the High Council

Article R821-14-4

The High Council shall have a public accountant known as the "accounting officer", appointed by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister for the Budget.The accounting officer shall be r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Budgetary and accounting arrangements for the High Council

Article R821-14-9

When the claims of the High Council, other than the contribution mentioned in II of Article L. 821-5 and the contributions mentioned in I and II of Article L. 821-6-1, have not been recovered amicably…

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