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Showing 46814690 of 37434 articles for Art. n° 22-18436 · Cass. com. 24 May 2011

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Injunction and regularisation

Article R131-15

A drawee who has refused to pay all or part of a cheque for lack of sufficient funds shall send the account holder the injunction provided for in article L. 131-73 by registered letter with acknowledg…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 9: Compensation for victims of injury resulting from contamination by the hepatitis C virus caused by a transfusion of blood products or an injection of blood-derived medicinal products

Article R1221-69

I. - Claims for compensation under the out-of-court procedure provided for in article L. 1221-14 in respect of the losses defined in the same article are addressed to the Office national d'indemnisati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General measures to prevent chemical risks.

Article R4535-8

When they are exposed or likely to be exposed to hazardous chemical agents other than carcinogens, mutagens or agents toxic to reproduction, self-employed workers and employers who work directly on a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Cross-medical benefits

Article R6133-11

…ient's establishment is less than these rates, the amount reimbursed by the health insurance scheme may not exceed the amount invoiced.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision on a consolidated basis by a competent authority of another Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L613-21-7

…he authority mentioned in the first paragraph, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may refer the matter to the European Banking Authority, pursuant to Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
8°: Financial products benefiting international organisations, foreign sovereign States, their central banks or financial institutions

Article 131 sexies

…ticle 125 A.These investments must not constitute a direct investment within the meaning of the loi n° 66-1008 du 28 décembre 1966 modified law relating to financial relations with foreign countries a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Validation and checks carried out by the presidents of the chambers of trades and crafts

Article R123-278

…g information and documents: 1° For natural persons, the information referred to in articles R. 123-243 to R. 123-245, 2° and 3° of article R. 123-246 and articles R. 123-247 to R. 123-251; For legal…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article D571-4

In application of the provisions of the penultimate paragraph of article 776, may obtain the issue of bulletin no. 2 of a person's criminal record, where it does not contain any mention of a convictio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Role of the radiation protection advisor

Article R4451-123

…or defining the boundaries of and conditions of access to the zones referred to in Articles R. 4451-24 and R. 4451-28 ; f) Preparation for and response to radiological emergencies as provided for in S…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Taxes levied for the benefit of the Ile-de-France region

Article 1599 quater C

…3 June 2010 relating to Greater Paris, up to the ceiling provided for in I of Article 46 of Law no. 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on finance for 2012.

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