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Showing 30413050 of 26700 articles for Art. CA Paris 20 September 2013 n° 12/01999 · Cass. com. 15 April 1982

French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1 The Training and Employment Committee

Article A142-12

…pointed by its President; 10° The President of the Union of Outdoor Sports Centres; 11° A regional academic delegate for youth, commitment and sport chosen by the President;12° The director of the nat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article L612-15-1

…the rules relating to the organisation and management of the departments set out in Article L. 612-15, the Director of Resolution shall organise and manage the departments responsible for preparing t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section V: International wrongful removal of children

Article 1210-5

Actions brought on the basis of the provisions of international and European instruments relating to the unlawful international removal of children are brought before the family affairs judge of the c…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Reorganisation measures for companies whose registered office is located in a Member State of the European Union

Article R323-12

…R. 351-1 as a participation whose valuation, in accordance with Article 13 of Commission Regulation 2015/35 of 10 October 2014, corresponds to the net value of the share of the trust assets on which t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article D4311-15-1

…L. 4311-1 of the Public Health Code, he or she enters the following information on the original medical prescription:1° His or her surname, first name and the number obtained during the registration p…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-12

…of aid from the compensation fund is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in appl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Safeguard measures

Article R4314-12

…y purpose whatsoever, putting into service or use of the equipment concerned, or order that it be recalled or withdrawn. It may also require an information society service provider to restrict access…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article R225-120

When an issue of new shares or securities giving access to the capital is likely to result in a capital increase, shareholders are informed of this issue and its terms and conditions by a notice conta…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Provisions relating to the investigation of claims for compensation.

Article R424-12

…e R. 424-1. Annual national statistics concerning the production and spreading of sludge are communicated to it by the Minister for the Environment. II.In addition to its chairman, this commission com…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deeds relating principally to the assets and property of the business

Article A444-125

Services relating to the allocation of a property to the assets of the sole trader with limited liability (numbers 105 to 108 in table 5) give rise to the collection of the following fees:Number of th…

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