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Showing 23012310 of 46101 articles for Art. CA Paris 13-2-2023 n° 21/01048

French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Penalties.

Article D332-13

Penalties applicable to infringements of the rules governing the movement or parking of motorised vehicles or caravans in a protection forest, outside the roads and areas provided for this purpose, ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Compulsory negotiation procedures

Article L2242-13

…three hundred employees mentioned in article L. 2242-2, negotiations on the management of jobs and career paths, under the conditions set out in sub-section 4 of this section.In the absence of an ini…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article R325-13

…Official Journal of the French Republic and in the Official Journal of the European Union.This publication is carried out by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. In the case of the un…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Amendment procedure

Article R1333-137

The person responsible for the nuclear activity must make a new declaration or submit a new application for registration or authorisation to the Nuclear Safety Authority before implementing the activi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-13

The persons mentioned in 9° and 9° bis of Article L. 561-2 shall record the exchange of all forms of payment, plates, tokens and tickets where the amount exceeds a certain threshold. The procedures fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Accreditation and quality control

Article L6221-13

…1223-2 and L. 5313-1, the structures of the Etablissement Français du Sang which ensure the biological qualification of donations are subject to the provisions of this chapter in respect of activitie…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 763-13

As part of investigations relating to proceedings concerning a crime or offence, judicial police officers specially authorised for this purpose are authorised to consult data contained in the automate…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L954-13

In the fourth paragraph of Article L. 462-7: 1° In the first sentence, the words: ", a national competition authority of another Member State of the European Union or the European Commission" are dele…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Leasing companies

Article L571-13

…ithout complying with the provisions of Title I of this Book or the regulations made for their application.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Procedure.

Article R463-13

…L. 463-4, when a person requests protection of business confidentiality with regard to items communicated by him to the Autorité de la concurrence or seized from him by the latter, he shall indicate,…

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