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Showing 681690 of 60719 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 1-4-2009 n° 07-21.833

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-4-1

The articles of association of a société coopérative de commerçants may stipulate that a member wishing to sell his business, or more than 50% of the shares making up the capital of the company operat…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The Public Prosecutor's Office

Article D15-4-1

The Public Prosecutor at the judicial court in which there is no investigating division notifies the Public Prosecutor at the court in which this division is located of the offences and investigations…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Other applications of the Community arbitration procedure.

Article R5141-47-11

When the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail considers that the variation, suspension or withdrawal of a marketing author…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: EC declaration of conformity, full quality assurance system.

Article R5211-40-1

For Class IIa devices, the authorized body must, as part of the assessment of the quality system, assess the technical documentation for at least one representative sample of each device subcategory i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-41-1

When a medicinal product has obtained an initial marketing authorisation in accordance with Article L. 5121-8, any variation or extension, as provided for in Chapter I of Commission Regulation (EC) No…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III ter: Birth centres

Article L6323-4-1

Birth centres are created and managed by:1° Several midwives associated for their professional practice or for the pooling of resources necessary for this practice;2° A not-for-profit organisation oth…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Information on beneficial owners

Article L561-45-1

The following are required to obtain and keep accurate and up-to-date information on their beneficial owners as defined in Article L. 561-2-2 : 1° Where they are established on French territory in acc…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Eligible training courses and use of the account

Article L6323-17-4

The duration of the professional transition project cannot be deducted from the annual paid leave. This project is treated as a period of work : 1° For the determination of the rights of the persons c…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV bis: Procedure applicable to serial or unsolved crimes

Article 706-106-4

The public prosecutor may order an investigation or refer the matter to the investigating judge for the purpose of tracing the possible criminal career of a person convicted of offences under Article…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition of tattoo products.

Article R513-10-4

The following are laid down by order of the Minister for Health, on a proposal from the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé: 1° The list of subs…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
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