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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Conciliation procedure.

Article R611-39-1

…and the ad hoc mandate procedure that may have immediately preceded it 4° The fees of the advisers called in by the creditor, where these are charged to the debtor; This statement is signed and filed…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board

Article L22-10-30

Companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market shall publish on their website information on the agreements referred to in article L. 225-86 at the latest when they are concluded…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Categories of incidents, terms and conditions for reporting significant or serious information systems security incidents

Article D1111-16-3

I.-Reports of significant or serious information system security incidents, without prejudice to other mandatory reports, are made without delay by the director of the health establishment, the organi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Representation of the professions to the public authorities.

Article D814-3-1

…persons exercising the profession of judicial administrator or judicial representative shall communicate these accounts to the national council within the period mentioned in the last paragraph of Art…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Semiconductor products

Article R622-3-1

…topography shall be taken within six months of the filing. This period is interrupted by the notification provided for in Article R. 622-3, until the filing is regularised.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Critical care

Article R6123-36-1

I. - Authorisation for 1° under the adult critical care modality and for 1° and 2° under the paediatric critical care modality may only be granted if the holder has access, on site or by agreement, to…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation

Article A212-34-1

…outh, sports and social cohesion (DJSCS) sets up and organises in the region the mission of pedagogical control of apprenticeship training provided for inarticle R. 6251-1 of the Labour Code, for trai…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Group Medical Commission

Article D6132-13-3

I.-The grouping's unified medical commission comprises :1° Elected representatives of the heads of the clinical and medico-technical activity divisions of the establishments belonging to the group ;2°…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L441-3-1

…orresponding to a deferred or early liquidation in relation to the reference age; 5° The main technical and financial details of the agreement, in particular those enabling members to assess the finan…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R927-1-3

For the application to Mayotte of article R. 711-40-3, the words: "la chambre de commerce et d'industrie de région et de chaque chambre de commerce et d'industrie territoriale ou départementale qui lu…

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