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Showing 941950 of 35571 articles for Art. CA Amiens 27 March 1968 · Cass. com. 8 October 1991 · Cass. com. 24 November 1992 n° 91-11.055 · Cass. com. 11 January 2000 · CA Paris 17 January 2008 · Cass. com. 26 February 1979 · CA Paris 24 September 1991 · Cass. com. 26 October 1999

French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific technical provisions the popular retirement savings plan

Article R144-24

…the event of a transfer, the amounts transferred and their transfer dates, as well as the mathematical reserves, distinguishing between the portion of these reserves relating to commitments expressed…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-24

Evaluation indicators relating to healthcare activities or heavy equipment are defined by order of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency or, where there is an inter-regional health plan,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Accelerated procedure

Article L531-24

…Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons rules under an accelerated procedure in the following cases:1° The applicant comes from a country considered to be a safe country of origin within the mea…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial and accounting system

Article R411-24

…y vouchers, the agency may only receive payments credited to its account. When, particularly in the case of an unpaid bank or postal cheque or a delay in payment, the amount of funds available in the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Declarations for the purposes of and supplementary registrations

Article A123-24

…iation, administration or management of the associations mentioned in Article A. 123-23, this modification is mentioned in the trade and companies register upon proof of completion of the formalities…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Conversion of the société européenne into a société anonyme.

Article R229-24

…stered form.This notice includes the following information:1° The company name followed, where applicable, by its acronym, the address of the registered office, the amount of the share capital and the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Offences relating to account rights and customer relations

Article R754-24

I. - Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Scientific Council and expert committees

Article R1313-24

…embers: a) The Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, or his representative ; b) The Chairman of the Scientific Advisory…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exceptional aid to offset fixed costs

Article 919-82

For each cinema, the amount of the direct allocation is determined by applying the percentage corresponding to the market share of this cinema to the amount of credits allocated to direct allocations.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Implementation of the apprenticeship programme

Article R1161-24

…t comply with all the following obligations: 1° The salaried director of the operator and the healthcare professionals in charge of carrying out the operations provided for in the programme have no pr…

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