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Showing 311320 of 33545 articles for Art. Cass. 2ème civ. 19-5-2016 n° 15-12.767

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article L775-19

I.-Subject to the provisions of II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Behaviour in the event of an accident or incident

Article R4141-19

When changing workstations or techniques, workers exposed to new risks or assigned to one of the tasks defined in article R. 4141-15 receive safety training on what to do in the event of an accident o…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 4: Internship agreement

Article R426-19

The placement agreement is concluded between the trainee, the training establishment or the employer established abroad and the host company in France or the training organisation mentioned in article…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 157

…r on one of the lists drawn up by the Courts of Appeal under the conditions provided for by the loi n° 71-498 du 29 juin 1971 relative aux experts judiciaires. Exceptionally, the courts may, by reason…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Expression of wishes relating to the end of life

Article R1111-19

I.- Advance directives are kept in a way that makes them easily accessible to the doctor called upon to make a decision to limit or stop treatment as part of the collegiate procedure defined in articl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Departmental mining fee

Article 1587

I. - A royalty is levied for the benefit of the départements on each net tonne of the conceded product extracted by mine concessionaires, amodiataires and sous-amodiataires of mining concessions, by h…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-19

I.-The Data Protection Committee gives its opinion on the conditions for the validity of the clinical investigation, particularly with regard to :the protection of individuals, in particular the prote…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Membership rules

Article R3141-19

The statutes and regulations of the funds and any amendments to these texts are only applicable after receiving the approval of the Minister of Labour.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Wanted persons file

Article 230-19

The following are entered in the wanted persons file in respect of judicial decisions: 1° Search warrants, orders and notes issued by the public prosecutor, investigating, trial or sentence enforcemen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-19

The competent authority may, at any time, request additional information on the performance study from the developer. Where the competent authority considers that the requirements set out in Regulatio…

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