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Showing 29512960 of 34398 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 4 Dec. 2007 – no. 06-15.137

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2 : Management and administration of sociétés anonymes.

Article R225-49

…equirements for an advanced electronic signature set out in Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and tru…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article LO6471-4

In the event that the local authority's budget has not been adopted before 1 January of the financial year to which it applies, the president of the territorial council is entitled, until the adoption…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial securities.

Article R211-4

…rket infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology and amending Regulations (EU) No 600/2014 and (EU) No 909/2014 and Directive 2014/65/EU may instruct an intermediary referred to in Article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Procedure for implementing a national protocol

Article D4011-4

…tocol is suspended by the Regional Health Agency under the conditions laid down in IV of Article L. 4011-3, and if it is not brought into compliance, the establishment will notify it that the protocol…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the roll of the order

Article R4112-4

…been transferred and who is practising provisionally in application of the provisions of article L. 4112-5, the departmental council will inform the health insurance bodies of the general scheme and t…

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

Article R5121-43

The specific obligations which may be imposed pursuant to the third paragraph of Article L. 5121-9 and which must be mentioned in the risk management system are, in particular, the following: 1° The a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: EC declaration of conformity, production quality assurance.

Article R5211-47

For Class IIa medical devices or Class I medical devices, the provisions of Article R. 5211-46 apply subject to the following modifications: 1° For class II a medical devices, the authorised body veri…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 15-4

I. - In the performance of their duties, all officers of the national police force or the national gendarmerie may be authorised not to be identified by their first and last names in the procedural do…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I-1: Research involving the human person

Article L1541-4

…in the right-hand column of the table in I: ARTICLES IN THE VERSION RESULTING FROM L. 1121-1 Order no. 2022-1086 of 29 July 2022 L. 1121-2 Law no. 2012-300 of 5 March 2012 L. 1121-3 Order no. 2016-80…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions relating to the regional sports conference

Article R112-40

…ise and Performance Centres based in the region, in respect of the missions set out in article L. 114-2 or their representatives; g) A president or general manager of a higher education establishment…

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