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Showing 32313240 of 66561 articles for Art. 1228 · Cass. com. 1 February 1978 · Cass. com. 10 February 1958 · Cass. com. 3 October 1977 · Cass. ch. req. 7 May 1923 · Cass. 1re civ. 24 May 1966

French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Declaration and assessment of claims

Article L742-10

…uates the assets and liabilities. With effect from the judgment opening the proceedings, the debtor may not dispose of his assets without the agreement of the trustee or, in the absence of an appointe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors

Article L1424-24-2

The department's representatives are elected by the departmental council from among its members within four months of its renewal. Lists of candidates must be composed alternately of one candidate of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-10

…ring the competition area of a sports venue is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of €15,000.For the offence referred to in the first paragraph, the public prosecution may be extinguishe…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Supporting documents and other evidence of the absence of grounds for exclusion

Article R2143-10

…in or establishment do not issue supporting documents equivalent to those mentioned in articles R. 2143-6 to R. 2143-9 or where these do not mention all the grounds for exclusion from the award proced…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Payment service providers

Article L521-10

…ssary, it shall inform the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution pursuant to Article L. 631-1. III. - Where the incident affects or is likely to affect the financial interests of its paymen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Other pharmacovigilance obligations.

Article R5141-108

…ité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail. This person is responsible for : 1° Gathering, processing and making accessible to any person entitled to know the information relati…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 421-10

…is timeframe.In exceptional circumstances and at the author's request, the aforementioned timeframe may be extended for a period not exceeding twelve months, by decision of the President of the Centre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board

Article L22-10-26

…e general meeting of shareholders under the conditions provided for in articles L. 225-98 and L. 22-10-32 each year and at the time of each significant change in the remuneration policy. When the gene…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Pharmacovigilance notification and reporting

Article R5141-105-2

The company exploiting a veterinary medicinal product may not communicate to the public information on this veterinary medicinal product relating to pharmacovigilance without transmitting it, beforeha…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Master and feeder general purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-58

…enter into an information exchange agreement with the master AIF or UCITS. However, this agreement may be replaced by internal conduct of business rules when the master AIF or UCITS and the feeder ge…

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