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Showing 56715680 of 65739 articles for Art. 384 and Cass. 1ère civ. 6-3-2013 n° 11-26.728 FS-PBI

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R237-6

…hall file his accounts at the commercial court registry where any interested party may inspect them and obtain a copy at his own expense. The commercial court shall rule on these accounts and, where a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Powers of investigation.

Article R450-6

…in the course of the same investigation, carried out under the conditions provided for in the ninth and tenth paragraphs of Article L. 450-3-3, shall give rise to a report drawn up by the agents menti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions relating to elections.

Article D4233-6

…as the case may be. However, in accordance with article L. 4232-13, pharmacists practising in mainland France are eligible to stand for election as a representative of a delegation from section E to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares

Article L22-10-60

…shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, shares may only be allocated under the first and second paragraphs of II of Article L. 225-197-1 only if the company fulfils at least one of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties towards patients.

Article R4322-61

The chiropodist must always set his fees with tact and moderation. He is free to provide treatment free of charge. He must comply with the provisions of articles L. 1111-3-2 and L. 1111-3-3 with regar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction

Article L321-6

The operators referred to in Article L. 321-4 must provide evidence of: 1° The existence in a credit institution of an account intended exclusively to receive funds held on behalf of others; 2° Insura…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article L232-6

…controls nor is controlled by another company within the meaning of II or III of article L. 233-16, and whose turnover at the end of two consecutive financial years exceeds a threshold set by decree,…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligation of the holder to put subcontractors out to tender

Article R2393-6

The holder of the defence or security contract awards the subcontracts under the conditions defined in sub-section 3.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Economic redundancies in the context of safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation.

Article L1233-60

…et out in Articles L. 631-17, L. 631-19 (II), L. 641-4, last paragraph, L. 641-10, third paragraph, and L. 642-5 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General safety obligation

Article L421-6

…umed to satisfy the general safety obligation set out in article L. 421-3, with regard to the risks and categories of risk covered by the standards applicable to it, where it complies with non-mandato…

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