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Showing 13711380 of 56586 articles for Art. Cass. com. 12-1-1967 n° 65-10.196

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article L1413-12-1

The agency employs the agents mentioned in articles L. 5323-1 to L. 5323-3. These agents are governed by the provisions of article L. 5323-4.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Economic interest groupings under French law.

Article L251-12

Management control, which must be entrusted to natural persons, and auditing of the accounts shall be carried out under the conditions laid down in the grouping's constitutive contract. However, when…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-122

Veterinarians alone are authorised to administer, in the case provided for in a of 3° of article L. 5143-4, to animals whose flesh or products are not intended for human consumption, medicinal product…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Domiciliation

Article R551-12

Asylum seekers with a stable address are required, in the event of a change of address, to inform the French Office for Immigration and Integration without delay. Failing this, all correspondence is s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Payments.

Article L3332-12

Any modulation of the company's contribution can only result from the application of general rules, which may not, under any circumstances, have the effect of making the ratio between the company's pa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Guarantees granted at the end of the terms of office of the Chairman and the Vice-Chairmen who have been delegated authority

Article R7125-12

For the first six months, its amount is equal to 80% of the difference between the amount of the gross monthly allowance, before withholding of tax at source, that the person concerned received for th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article R4352-12

The regional directorate for youth, sport and social cohesion provides the committee's secretariat.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation to set up within a reference area

Article R761-12

Any person wishing to carry out a project subject to authorisation pursuant to article L. 761-5 shall send their application to the prefect by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, by dep…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Registration of an asylum application by an unaccompanied minor

Article L521-12

As soon as possible after an unaccompanied minor has lodged an asylum application, the administrative authority conducts a search for the members of his or her family, while protecting the best intere…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Penalty procedure

Article L423-12

The decision of the Commission du Contrôle de la Réglementation, signed by its Chairman, is notified to the respondent or, where applicable, to the person assisting or representing the respondent, to…

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