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Showing 54215430 of 7758 articles for Art. 10 nov. 1982

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article L232-14

A dividend increase of up to 10% may be granted by the Articles of Association to any shareholder who can prove that, at the end of the financial year, the shares have been registered in his name for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article L236-11

…or for the reports referred to in the fourth paragraph of I of Article L. 236-9, and Article L. 236-10.However, one or more shareholders of the acquiring company representing at least 5% of the share…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Industrial property qualification

Article R423-1

…ct to the provisions of articles R. 422-56 to R. 422-66 and the penalties set out in article L. 422-10 are applicable to them.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant varieties

Article D623-58-1

…stance nationale des obtentions végétales"; 2° The orders mentioned in Articles R. 615-6 and R. 615-10 are taken jointly by the Minister of Justice and the Minister responsible for agriculture. The jo…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Forms of presentation and labelling

Article R412-6

…3° Foodstuffs contained in packaging or containers, the largest surface area of which is less than 10 square centimetres;4° Individual portions of ice cream. The indication enabling the batch to be i…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Specific requirements for groups

Article A356-3

…al conglomerates or the deduction and aggregation method, known as method No. 2, defined in Article 10 of that same Order. However, method no. 1 is applied only when the Autorité de contrôle prudentie…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: State-guaranteed transactions.

Article A431-6

…nsurance of risks relating to acts of terrorism and terrorist attacks referred to in Article L. 431-10 are recorded in the accounts of the Caisse Centrale de Réassurance in a separate account. This ac…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products.

Article L5131-2

…persons responsible for the safety assessment must have a university degree referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Multiannual agreements on objectives and resources

Article L6114-1-1

…bution to the health support of the armed forces in application of articles L. 1435-3-1 and L. 6147-10 is signed, with the agreement of the Minister for Defence, for a period of five years.The Ministe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Public prosecution and investigating authorities

Article D15-3-3

When a crime provided for by articles 221-1 to 221-4 and 222-1 to 222-10 of the Criminal Code has been committed, on national territory, in private residential premises, the public prosecutor may deci…

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