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Showing 32513260 of 43993 articles for Art. al. 3 · Cass. 1re civ. 14 March 2018

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-3

…y, where the following conditions are met:1° Such injury does not fall within the scope of Article 53 of the Social Security Funding Act for 2001 (no. 2000-1257 of 23 December 2000) or of l'article L.…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2a: International assistance with recovery

Article 349 sexies

…est, any information that is likely to be relevant for the recovery of the debts mentioned in 1° to 3° of II of Article 349 ter, with the exception of that which could not be obtained for the recovery…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies relating to systematic internalisers

Article L533-32

…ltilateral system. Its system must operate in accordance with Title III of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L4314-3

…professional secrecy under the conditions and subject to the reservations set out in articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the French Penal Code.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: Prevention of risks arising from the use of personal protective equipment for sports or leisure activities

Article R322-33

Category 2 PPE-SL is subject to the EC type-examination procedure defined in article R. 322-35. For this equipment, the manufacturer, his authorised representative established on the territory of one…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Additional work, supplies or services which have become necessary

Article R2194-3

When the contract is concluded by a contracting authority, the amount of the amendment provided for in article R. 2194-2 may not exceed 50% of the amount of the initial contract. Where several success…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Conditions governing access to the judicial and legal professions for certain commercial court registrars.

Article R742-35

…he Seals, Minister of Justice may, on a proposal from the commission provided for in Article R. 742-36, grant the clerk referred to in Article R. 742-33 a partial exemption from the training period pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Approval, implementation and control of the statement of estimated revenue and expenditure.

Article R6145-36

…mentioned in 2° of article L. 162-22-8-2, in article L. 162-22-10 and in 1° of I of article L. 162-23-4 of the Social Security Code are invoiced in accordance with the conditions in force at the end o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Offences relating to subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L247-3

…board, managing directors or managers of companies for contravening the provisions of articles L. 233-29 to L. 233-31. For companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, procee…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to Mayotte.

Article R363-3

For the application of article D. 332-6, the references to articles L. 411-1 and R. 412-16 of the Forestry Code are replaced respectively by those to articles L. 411-1 and R. * 412-14 of the Mayotte F…

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