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Showing 18611870 of 18954 articles for Art. Cass. crim. – 31 Oct. 2000

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Société d'exercice libéral de pharmaciens d'officine.

Article R5125-20

…applicable at the end of the period provided for in 2° of B of I of article 5 of law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professions subject to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties of sworn goods brokers

Article L131-27

…ies, and the sale by public auction of goods deposited in a general shop pursuant to article L. 522-31 must be carried out by sworn goods brokers. Sworn goods brokers may be called upon to carry out j…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Provisions relating to sports betting bans

Article R131-39

Pursuant to the provisions of IV of article 31 of the aforementioned Act of 6 January 1978, the delegating federation responsible for authorised data processing shall send the Commission nationale de…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Informing the administrative authority.

Article L1233-49

…this plan and the information intended for the staff representatives mentioned in article L. 1233-31 are communicated to the administrative authority at the same time as the notification of the redu…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Investments

Article R353-3

…ll apply only if the underlying exposures have been replaced or supplemented by new exposures after 31 December 2014.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Procedures for issuing certificates

Article R3115-34

…hat present a serious risk to public health, the persons or approved bodies mentioned in article R. 3115-31 shall forward all necessary information to the regional health agency without delay.An order…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II

Article L3232-8

…sion Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Budgetary rules.

Article R712-19

…are presented to the general meeting of the regional chamber of commerce and industry no later than 31 July of the year following the financial year concerned and are published on the chamber's websit…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist tax and flat-rate tourist tax.

Article L422-3

…les relating to tourist tax and flat-rate tourist tax are set out in articles L. 2333-26 to L. 2333-31, L. 2333-34 to L. 2333-37, L. 2333-39 to L. 2333-41, L. 2333-43, L. 2333-44, L. 2333-46 and L. 23…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5211-15

…publics de coopération intercommunale are liable, under the conditions set out in articles L. 2123-31 to L. 2123-33 for municipal councillors and mayors, accidents to members of their deliberative bo…

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