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Showing 29612970 of 41626 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 3-3-2009 n° 08-11.278

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information obligations

Article R561-32

The declaration provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 561-17 and the documents communicated pursuant to II of Article L. 561-25 shall be sent within a maximum of eight clear days of receip…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Applicable procedures.

Article R5211-31

The manufacturer may instruct his authorised representative to initiate the following procedures: 1° Declaration relating to medical devices to be the subject of clinical investigations ; 2° EC declar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Information on the payer and beneficiary accompanying transfers of funds

Article L722-3

For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply 1° "Instructing party" means either the person who holds an account with the payment service providers defined in point 3 and wh…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial conglomerates

Article L517-3

I. - For the purposes of the supplementary supervision provided for in Chapter III of Title III of Book VI, "group" means: a group referred to in III of Article L. 511-20 or an insurance group referre…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions.

Article L1248-3

Failure to comply with the provisions of articles L. 1242-5 and L. 1242-6, relating to prohibitions on the conclusion of fixed-term employment contracts, is punishable by a fine of 3,750 euros. A repe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Missions and components of the public employment service.

Article L5311-3

The region participates in the coordination of those involved in the public employment service within its territory, under the conditions set out in articles L. 6123-3 and L. 6123-4. The départements,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional secrecy, accounting and statutory auditing

Article L526-35

Any member of a board of directors or, as the case may be, of a supervisory board and any person who, in any capacity whatsoever, participates in the direction or management of an electronic money ins…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection IV: Special provisions for the register of associations

Article 30-17

The draft merger, demerger or partial contribution of assets is drawn up by the management of each association participating in the operation at least two months before the date of the deliberations p…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Single subsection: Organisation and operation

Article R121-32

The General Manager attends meetings of the Board of Directors in an advisory capacity.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R6113-33

The Agence Technique de l'Information sur l'Hospitalisation is responsible for : 1° Piloting, implementing and making available to third parties the system for collecting medico-economic activity and…

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