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Showing 25412550 of 38608 articles for Art. n° 02-926 · Cass. 1re civ. 10 May 2007

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition of tattoo products.

Article R513-10-4

…Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé: 1° The list of substances that may not be used in tattooing products; 2° The list of substances that may not be used in tattooing p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Expenditure

Article L72-103-2

…ribution to the operating expenditure of the national institutes for higher education and teaching ;10° Expenditure relating to the organisation of school transport;11° Expenditure relating to social…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-10

Any person whose identity is entered in the file may ask the public prosecutor to rectify or order the deletion of information concerning him or her if the information is not accurate or if its retent…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Classification of offices

Article L133-10-1

The tourist office may be classified under conditions laid down by decree.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-100-1

I. - The management report referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 225-100 includes the following information:1° An objective and exhaustive analysis of the development of the company's busi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Merger of mutual insurance companies

Article R322-106-3

One or more mutual insurance companies may, by means of a merger, transfer their assets and liabilities to an existing mutual insurance company or to a new mutual insurance company which they set up.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-1

…undertaking shall notify the employees of this information without delay, informing them that they may submit a purchase offer to him.The head of the undertaking shall notify the owner without delay…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Homeopathic medicinal products

Article R5121-107-2

I.-The registration of the medicinal products mentioned in article L. 5121-13 may be refused, amended, suspended or withdrawn by the Director General of the Agency. The period of suspension may not ex…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the family court

Article 373-2-10

…order to facilitate the parents' search for a consensual exercise of parental authority, the judge may propose a mediation measure to them, unless violence is alleged by one of the parents against th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution

Article R22-10-13

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