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Showing 20712080 of 35842 articles for Art. 473 · Cass. 1re civ. avis 6 December 2018 · Cass. 1re civ. 19 March 2014 · CA Paris 20 November 2014

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: End of the research period

Article L1233-57-20

…as been received or if the employer has not wished to take up any of the offers, the employer shall call a meeting of the social and economic committee and present it with a report, which shall be sen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opening and content of the pharmaceutical record

Article R1111-20-3

Where the beneficiary of the insurance has objected to the opening of a pharmaceutical record, the Conseil national de l'ordre des pharmaciens will keep, for a period of ten years from the date of not…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Governance of credit institutions and finance companies

Article L773-6

…visions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Governance of credit institutions and finance companies

Article L774-6

…ollowing table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Rights of the holder of the pharmaceutical dossier

Article R1111-20-7

…ients of the information relating to the exercise of this right. Where the holder of the pharmaceutical record is a minor and is being treated without the consent of his legal representative under the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Distribution and supply of labile blood products

Article R1221-20-2

…nçais du sang for the health establishments and health cooperation groups referred to in article L. 6133-1. When a health establishment or a health cooperation group applies for authorisation to manag…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares.

Article L225-197-1

…raordinary General Meeting, on the report of the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, and on the special report of the company's Statutory Auditors or, if none has been appo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1-1: Single integration contract.

Article L5134-19-2

…legate all or part of the decision to award the work integration aid referred to in article L. 5134-19-1 to the institution referred to in article L. 5312-1 or to any other body it designates for this…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 209-0 A

…vestment in transferable securities or collective investment schemes covered by paragraphs 1, 2 and 6 of sub-section 2, paragraph 2 or sub-paragraph 1 of paragraph 1 of sub-section 3 of Section 2 of C…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article L225-209-2

The Ordinary General Meeting may authorise the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, to purchase the company's shares, in order to offer them or allocate them: - in the year…

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