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Showing 44314440 of 62298 articles for Art. 1231-1 et 1231-5 · CA Versailles 20 April 1995 · Cass. 2e civ. 10 July 2003 · Cass. 1re civ. 11 September 2013 n° 12-24.812

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation.

Article R711-12

…thin three weeks of the last day of voting, the elected members of the Ile-de-France territorial, local and departmental chamber of commerce and industry are installed by the supervisory authority or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: The general rules booklet

Article R4251-12

…ntion and management: - the facilities that it appears necessary to close, adapt and create are indicated; - one or more non-hazardous waste storage facilities and one or more inert waste storage faci…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Start-up and shut-down controls

Article R4324-12

…e that there are no people in the danger zones. Where this is not possible, any start-up is automatically preceded by an audible or visual warning signal. The exposed worker must have the time and the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Participation of private practitioners.

Article R6311-12

The organisation of the medical call reception and regulation centre guarantees the practitioner's professional independence and the patient's freedom of choice, insofar as the patient is able to expr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 2: Filing of amending deeds.

Article R123-110

…he conditions and within the time limits provided for in the first two paragraphs of Article R. 123-105. Mention is made, in a document annexed to the articles of association or the contract, of the p…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Special provisions applicable to distance contracts

Article L221-12

Where the means of distance communication used imposes space or time limits on the presentation of information, the trader shall provide the consumer by the means of communication used by the latter,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Failure to comply with the obligation

Article D8254-12

…the French Office for Immigration and Integration decides, in accordance with article R. 8253-6, whether to apply the special contribution to the employer who employed the foreign employee without a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-Paragraph 3: Acts relating mainly to contracts and agreements concerning real estate and landed property

Article A444-113

…ion of furniture to avoid confusion (number 90 in table 5) gives rise to the collection of a fee of 113.20 €.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: The commission for the examination of draft federal regulations relating to sports facilities

Article R142-11

…the commission examining federal regulations relating to sports facilities, accompanied, where applicable, by the opinion of the Conseil national d'évaluation des normes.The opinions are published, to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-110

The voting right attached to the share belongs to the beneficial owner at ordinary general meetings and to the bare owner at extraordinary general meetings. Joint owners of undivided shares are repres…

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