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Showing 31813190 of 53704 articles for Art. CA Paris 1-12-2021 n° 20/04742

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-12-4-1

…3° The research for which the combined fees or joint payment is made concerns issuers whose market capitalisation, for the thirty-six month period preceding the provision of the research, did not exc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Open-ended inclusion contracts

Article D5132-43-12

…s declared by electronic means, using the teleservice mentioned in article R. 5132-1-19. Where applicable, the termination of the employment contract is declared in the same way.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article D47-12-8

In application of the provisions of article 706-106-1, the Nanterre Judicial Court has concurrent jurisdiction throughout France with that resulting from the application of articles 43,52and 382 for t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article L613-20-3

The provisions of Chapter II of Title III of this Book, in particular Articles L. 632-1, L. 632-3, L. 632-5 and L. 632-12, shall apply to the exercise of the powers and to the agreements referred to i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-9

The application for authorisation to import a veterinary medicinal product in parallel is sent to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environneme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Local representatives

Article R1432-120-3

The local representative receives the training in health, safety and working conditions mentioned in Article R. 1432-102-1.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the official statement of offence, the notice of offence and the payment card for forfeited offences

Article A37-20-3

In the case provided for in 1° of Article A. 37-20-2, the person shall send digitally, in the formats indicated on the site " www. antai. fr ", the copy of the receipt of the complaint lodged for thef…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Assistance and representation of the parties

Article D1453-2-12

…o this end, the person concerned shall produce a copy of his or her tax return and an income certificate issued by the employer(s). The request for reimbursement must be accompanied by supporting docu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Distribution and supply of labile blood products

Article R1221-20-4

Non-substantial modifications must be declared to the regional health agency. A copy is sent to the Etablissement français du sang or, where applicable, to the Centre de transfusion sanguine des armée…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article 706-25-20

…one or more of the obligations provided for in the same article 706-25-16 must be confirmed by the Paris Sentence Enforcement Court within three months of the end of detention, failing which the meas…

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