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Showing 48514860 of 6535 articles for Art. CA Rennes – 17 Dec. 2024 – no. 23/05277

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-102-5

…would have avoided. [Provisions declared to be unconstitutional by Constitutional Council decision no. 2017-750 DC of 23 March 2017]. The action for liability shall be brought before the competent co…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Anti-doping education

Article R232-41-12-1

In order to identify the target groups for whom anti-doping education is a priority, the French Anti-Doping Agency takes into account the level of practice of athletes and support staff, the sport dis…

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

Article R*322-68

…neral Meeting are substituted for shareholders and shareholders' meetings respectively for the application of Section VI of Chapter IV of Title I of Law no. 66-537 of 24 July 1966 on commercial compan…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-24

…in Articles 69 to 79 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014. Where a capital item does not fall within that list, it shall be assessed and classified by the undertakings…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Detention of asylum seekers and transmission of their application to the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPP)

Article R754-9

…reign national referred to in Article R. 754-7 in detention, the authority responsible for the application, as soon as it is informed of this, will immediately forward the asylum application file, as…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Directors elected or appointed by employees

Article R225-34-2

…t, taking into account the size of the company, its workforce and its economic role and, where applicable, the purpose of the meeting.The time devoted to the performance of their duties by the directo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article R236-14

…procedures, the offer is published in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires and, on two occasions, in two media authorised to receive legal notices in the département where the debtor compan…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Composition and operation of the central social and economic committee

Article D2316-7

…committee; 2° The financing of the transfer for each year of execution of the agreement; 3° If applicable, the list of goods, material and human resources made available to the central social and econ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Traceability

Article R3512-34

I.-Physical delivery of unique identifiers at packaging unit level, as referred to in IV of Article L. 3512-23, is possible in the following cases: 1° Where the economic operator or, where applicable,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: General provisions relating to elections to the disciplinary boards of New Caledonia and French Polynesia

Article D4443-20

…as a member of the Disciplinary Board, a pharmacist must on the closing date for the submission of candidacies:1° Be a voter under the Order of Pharmacists of New Caledonia or French Polynesia;2° Be…

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