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Showing 56615670 of 9666 articles for Art. CE 16-11-1988 n° 47685-47741

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Simplified joint stock companies.

Article L227-19

The statutory clauses referred to in articles L. 227-13 and L. 227-17 may only be adopted or amended unanimously by the shareholders. The statutory clauses mentioned in articles L. 227-14 and L. 227-1…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 706-25-2-1

…cialist assistants, appointed under the conditions set out in Article 706, to take part, in accordance with the procedures laid down in the same Article 706, in proceedings concerning crimes and offen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Provisions adapting Book VIII

Article L958-2

…in the Wallis and Futuna Islands of articles L. 824-1 to L. 824-16, the terms listed below are replaced as follows: 1° (deleted); 2° "chambre régionale des comptes" by "chambre territoriale des compte…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-2

…oducts referred to in this chapter are those defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 and in this Article.II.-The following definitions apply:1° Extemporaneous veterinary pre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-3

…ted in the form of a limited liability company or a public limited company and operating in accordance with the provisions of Book II, Title III, Chapter I. They are governed by the provisions of this…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-10

…ded, in addition, for a period of thirty years when the author, composer or artist has died for France, as shown by the death certificate. In the event that the death certificate must neither be drawn…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-44

The departmental fire and rescue service must have within five years of the promulgation of the loi n° 96-369 du 3 mai 1996 relative aux services d'incendie et de secours : 1° A departmental fire and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIV: Procedure applicable to breaches of automated data processing systems

Article 706-72-1

For the prosecution, investigation and trial of offences falling within the scope of article 706-72, the public prosecutor, the investigating division, the criminal court and the Paris assize court ha…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction common to all commercial courts

Article L721-5

…have jurisdiction to hear legal actions in which one of the parties is a company formed in accordance with the loi n° 90-1258 du 31 décembre 1990 relative à l'exercice sous forme de sociétés des prof…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-14

…pplication to register the company in the Trade and Companies Register shall be drawn up in accordance with the conditions set out in Article 15 of Decree n°84-406 of 30 May 1984 relating to the Trade…

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