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Showing 271280 of 53046 articles for Art. CAA Marseille 24-1-2011 n° 09MA00172

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation

Article R6156-24

The full representatives are appointed in the order of presentation of the list. Each list is then allocated a number of alternates designated in the order of presentation of the list.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Administration.

Article R6223-24

Any shareholder may, at any time, obtain copies of the documents referred to in the previous article, minute books, accounting records and documents and, more generally, any documents held by the comp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation

Article R6322-24

The Committee is convened by its Chairman at least once a year and as often as necessary to examine complaints and claims under the conditions set out in article R. 6322-25. The Chairman shall not vot…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Capital gains on securities realised by private individuals

Article 248 B

…150-0 A are not applicable to exchanges of securities carried out under the loi de nationalisation n° 82-155 du 11 février 1982. In the event of the sale of the securities received in exchange, the c…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 249-2

An ad hoc guardian or curator is appointed where guardianship or curatorship had been entrusted to the spouse of the protected person.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 249-3

If an application for a legal protection measure has been filed or is pending, the divorce application may not be examined until after the judgment ruling on the implementation of such a protection me…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 249-4

Where one of the spouses is placed under one of the protective regimes provided for in Chapter II of Title XI of this Book, no application for divorce by mutual consent may be made.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Funeral services

Article L2223-24

…rench Commercial Code, or, in the system prior to these provisions, pursuant to Title II of the loi n° 67-563 du 13 juillet 1967 sur le règlement judiciaire, la liquidation des biens, la faillite pers…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 694-24

The fact that the investigative measure carried out in the executing State has been successfully challenged before the authorities of that State and in accordance with the law of that State does not i…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The jury

Article A212-24

Jury members who take part in meetings and deliberations by means of audiovisual communication attend the meeting in its entirety, from the opening of the session until the final decision is taken, un…

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