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Showing 50715080 of 23350 articles for Art. n° 06-16537 · Cass. com. 9 February 1999

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I-1: Research involving the human person

Article L1541-4

…column of the table in I: ARTICLES IN THE VERSION RESULTING FROM L. 1121-1 Order no. 2022-1086 of 29 July 2022 L. 1121-2 Law no. 2012-300 of 5 March 2012 L. 1121-3 Order no. 2016-800 of 16 June 2016…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: Solvency requirements

Article A385-2

…in 4° of Article R. 343-3 ; 3° The allocation of assets, valued in accordance with articles R. 343-9 and R. 343-10, is unchanged for the entire projected period;4° The amortisable securities, valued…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Control of video exhibition revenues

Article A222-2

…video release date;7° The number of copies edited and delivered;8° The amount of net sales invoiced;9° The quantity of copies remaining in stock.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Disciplinary procedure

Article R612-50

…ion. It is notified to the parties in accordance with the procedures set out in I of Article R. 612-9 and to the chairman of the authority, who reports to the supervisory board or the resolution board…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article R225-124

…holders or the indication that conversion may take place at any time and the bases for conversion ; 9° The unamortised amount of other bonds previously issued and the guarantees attached to them; 10°…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Staff transfers

Article L1424-13

Professional firefighters who, on the date of promulgation of the loi n° 96-369 du 3 mai 1996 relative aux services d'incendie et de secours, are under the authority of a communal or inter-communal bo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L1614-5

At the end of the period referred to in Article 4 of the loi n° 83-8 du 7 janvier 1983 précité, transfers of State taxes represent at least half of the resources allocated by the State to all local au…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Accommodation

Article L552-6

…nd, it designs, implements and manages, under the conditions provided for by Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: The State representative

Article L4422-38

…ach of the ministers and directs the State services under the conditions set by article 21-1 of loi n° 72-619 du 5 juillet 1972 portant création et organisation des régions. The State representative i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Financial provisions

Article L5722-11

…ded for in Article L. 1425-1, for a maximum period of thirty years from the promulgation of the loi n° 2015-991 du 7 août 2015 portant nouvelle organisation territoriale de la République, after agreem…

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