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Showing 31313140 of 36276 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 5-9-2012 n° 11-23.209

French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Training agreement

Article R211-91

The agreement provided for in article L. 211-5 must include the stipulations set out in this paragraph. For each sport, a standard agreement is drawn up by the delegating sports federation and approve…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Management

Article L214-98

Non-trading property investment companies and forestry savings companies are managed by a management company referred to in article L. 532-9 of the French Monetary and Financial Code. The management c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L1133-9

Legal entities held criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offence defined in article L. 1133-8 shall incur, in addition to the fine set…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Measures to boost cinema distribution

Article 916-14

The amount of selective aid granted in application of articles 223-1 and 223-9 for the distribution of previously unreleased works other than those mentioned in articles 222-7 and 222-8 and repertory…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Livret A passbook savings accounts.

Article R221-9

I.-Resources collected by institutions distributing the Livret A or the Livret de développement durable et solidaire and not centralised pursuant to the third paragraph of article L. 221-5 are allocat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Provisions specific to the territorial collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article 934-3

In 5° of Article 706-167, the reference: "to the second and third paragraphs of Article 414 of the Customs Code" is replaced by the reference: "to the second and third paragraphs of Article 414 of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Embryo research

Article R2151-9

Any establishment or organisation wishing to modify a substantial element of the protocol authorised under article L. 2151-5 must submit a new application for authorisation. This application is examin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties and criminal liability

Article R3515-9

For the application of articles R. 3515-5 and R. 3515-6, in the local authorities governed by Article 73 of the Constitution, in Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the words:…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Right to support

Article D5131-9

The amount of the allowance provided for in article L. 5131-5 may not exceed the amount set in a of 1° of I of article D. 5131-19. The allowance paid to the beneficiary is capped at six times this amo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Non-salaried worker training insurance funds.

Article L6332-11-1

A branch agreement may provide that the part of the collection not allocated to the financing of the personal training account for self-employed workers and the professional development advice is mana…

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