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Showing 10311040 of 41170 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 7-4-2016 n° 14-24.164

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Investments

Article R385-14

I. - Chapter VIII of Title I of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 of 10 October 2014 supplementing Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the taking-up and p…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment terms

Article L441-14

Companies whose annual accounts are certified by a statutory auditor provide information on the payment terms of their suppliers and customers in accordance with procedures defined by decree. This inf…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medicinal products containing radionuclides.

Article R5121-143

For medicinal products containing radionuclides, in addition to the information provided for in article R. 5121-140, the labelling of the protective shielding provides all the explanations relating to…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The European order for payment.

Article 1424-3

The judge may issue a European order for payment for part of the claim, after the claimant has accepted the judge's proposal to that effect. In that case, the claimant can no longer take legal action…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Nullity, dissolution and liquidation.

Article R814-144

In the case provided for in the second paragraph of article 37 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966, the net assets of the company remaining after extinction of liabilities and repayment of capital a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Temporary replacement

Article D6213-14

The biologist-in-charge of the laboratory where the replacement is to take place must notify the director of the regional health agency at least fifteen days in advance, except in cases of force majeu…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-14

For the period between 29 September 2021 and 28 December 2021, the calculation rates are set at :- 132.11% when the amount of revenue generated by feature films is less than or equal to €307,500;- 125…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 12: Obligations to declare the transfer of medicinal products used in veterinary medicine

Article R5141-148

I.-The companies mentioned in 1°, 3°, 4°, 5°, 8° and 9° of article R. 5142-1 declare, for transfers of veterinary medicinal products containing one or more antibiotic substances, the following data: 1…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Building and public works companies out of work due to bad weather.

Article L5424-14

Daily bad weather allowances do not constitute pay and therefore do not give rise to the payment of social security contributions, with the exception of those relating to the application of legislatio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Use of automated external defibrillators by non-physicians

Article R6311-14

Automated external defibrillators, which for the purposes of this section are fully automatic external defibrillators and semi-automatic external defibrillators, are a medical device authorised to be…

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