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Showing 411420 of 44949 articles for Art. Cass. 2ème civ. 10-3-2022 n° 20-19.655

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

Article D1221-20

Blood depot authorisations are granted under one of the following categories:1° Dispensing depot: a depot which stores labile blood products distributed by the referring blood establishment and dispen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The National Council of Commercial Court Registrars.

Article R741-20

The National Council may only deliberate and vote if at least two thirds of its members are present. In the event of a tie, the Chairman shall have the casting vote.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisational conditions for medically assisted procreation activities

Article R2142-20

Practitioners meeting the criteria mentioned in Article R. 2142-11 for carrying out biological activities, who work in a medical biology laboratory authorised to carry out the activities mentioned in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article R4341-20

When the qualification or, where applicable, the authorisation to practise is registered with the regional health agency, the person concerned is issued with a professional card, the model for which i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Rules applicable to financial contracts, temporary acquisitions and sales of financial instruments and guarantees

Article R214-20

A UCITS may not engage in short sales of the financial instruments referred to in Article L. 214-20.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Information in companies with at least three hundred employees

Article R2312-20

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in article L. 2312-19, in companies with at least three hundred employees, the employer makes available to the Social and Economic Committee, with a view…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification procedure.

Article R1123-20

I. - The request for an opinion on a research project involving the human person is filed by the sponsor on the information system mentioned in article R. 1123-20-1, which assigns it to a personal dat…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Training prior to the issue of the sports agent's licence and ongoing training

Article R222-20

Where provided for in the sports agent regulations, sports agent licence holders undergo ongoing training to update their knowledge.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Transport

Article L4424-20

…ubstituted for the Office des transports de la région de Corse, instituted by article 20 of the loi n° 82-659 du 30 juillet 1982 portant statut particulier de la région de Corse : compétences, dans se…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-20

…d in the wanted persons file in accordance with the provisions of 1° of I of l'article 23 de la loi n° 2003-239 du 18 mars 2003 pour la sécurité intérieure.

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