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Showing 22712280 of 4475 articles for Art. CA Paris – 22 Sept. 1999

French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L226-1

A société en commandite par actions, the capital of which is divided into shares, is formed between one or more general partners, who have the status of business persons and are indefinitely and joint…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Investment and related services

Article L752-14

…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
Section 4: Investment and related services

Article L753-14

…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 Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article L22-10-15

…trading on a regulated market, the exceptional remuneration of directors referred to in Article L. 225-46 are allocated in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 22-10-8.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: ORGANISATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MAYOTTE

Article L3523-1

…y the Department of Mayotte pursuant to Article L. 4433-15-1 of this Code and Articles 68-21 and 68-22 of the Mining Code are subject to the provisions of Article L. 3131-1.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Evaluation, accreditation and analysis of hospital activity.

Article L6113-9

Information relating to the fees of healthcare professionals working in the establishments mentioned in d of article L. 162-22-6 of the Social Security Code is sent to the regional health agencies by…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operation

Article LO6221-30

…f the meetings as well as the documents sent to the territorial councillors pursuant to article LO 6221-22.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operation

Article LO6321-31

…e meetings as well as the documents sent to the territorial councillors pursuant to article LO 6321-22.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 706-24

…ally responsible for combating terrorism, may be authorised by name by the public prosecutor at the Paris court of appeal to carry out investigations relating to offences falling within the scope of A…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-173

…les 706-169 or 706-170 by which an examining magistrate rules that he is no longer competent or the Paris examining magistrate rules that he is competent may, to the exclusion of all other means of ap…

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