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Showing 43814390 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 Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: The general meeting of mutual insurance companies

Article R322-69

…may authorise the Statutory Auditors to be provided with documents held by third parties who have carried out transactions on behalf of the Company.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: General provisions.

Article L410-6

I. - On an experimental basis and for a period of five years from 1 July 2017, in the Department of Mayotte and French Guiana, following a public opinion from the territorially competent observatory o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Registration.

Article D4644-6

The registration file provided for in Article L. 4644-1 is sent to the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employment by registered letter with acknowledgement of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7: Economic weighting studies

Article R713-66

…the regional chamber of commerce and industry and the territorial chamber of commerce and industry carry out an economic weighting study, each insofar as it is concerned and in accordance with the cr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Injunctions to perform

Article L238-6

…of preference shareholders is not consulted under the conditions provided for in articles L. 228-35-6, L. 228-35-7 and L. 228-35-10, the president of the court ruling in summary proceedings may, at th…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Right of access to premises and places of business and home visits.

Article 63 ter

In order to carry out the investigations necessary for the detection and investigation of the offences provided for in this Code, category A or B customs officers and category C officers, provided tha…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Formation and performance of the contract

Article L222-6

…fic to each product, financial instrument or service offered. The supplier shall perform his communication obligations immediately after the conclusion of the contract, where the contract has been con…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Biomedicine

Article L1418-6

…d by professional secrecy under the conditions and subject to the penalties laid down in articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the French Penal Code. In addition, members of the Steering Committee, groups of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Obligations.

Article L228-61

…of the Articles of Association to the contrary shall be deemed to be unwritten.For the purposes of calculating the quorum, only forms that have been received by the company before the meeting are tak…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-21

…hat he clearly intends to evade the extradition request, the Investigating Chamber may, on the application of the Public Prosecutor, issue an arrest warrant for him. The provisions of Article 74-2 sha…

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