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Showing 15011510 of 29733 articles for Art. CE 8-4-2022 n° 447694

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Healthcare waste produced by patients undergoing self-treatment and users of self-tests

Article R1335-8-6

…rticle R. 1335-8 and in order to allow its recovery, this waste is subject to specific treatment procedures. The requirements relating to the packaging intended for the collection of the waste mention…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting up a collective shop

Article L125-8

…tle IV of this Book, or, if this is not the case, that no opposition has been lodged prior to the accession of one of the members or that its release has been ordered by the courts.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Maintenance of the register and effects of registration.

Article L123-8

…stration who has not applied for registration by the end of a period of fifteen days from the commencement of his activity may not, until he is registered, rely on the status of trader with regard to…

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

Article L124-8

The shareholders' meeting or the general meeting deliberates validly when one third of the shareholders existing on the date of the agreement are present or represented.However, meetings convened to a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The spouse, partner in a civil solidarity pact or cohabitee of the company director, working in the family business

Article L121-8

This section also applies to persons who are linked to the company director by a civil solidarity pact or who are cohabiting with the company director..

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Commercial agents.

Article L134-8

…34-6 if it is due, pursuant to Article L. 134-7, to the previous commercial agent, unless circumstances make it equitable to share the commission between the commercial agents.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Seller's lien.

Article L141-8

…lared by them in their registrations. The judgment can only be given after one month has elapsed since the notification.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Management leases.

Article L144-8

Article L. 144-7 does not apply to management leases entered into by court-appointed agents, charged in any capacity whatsoever with the administration of a business, provided that they have been auth…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Forwarding agents.

Article L132-8

…r and the freight forwarder. The freight forwarder thus has a direct action for payment of his services against the consignor and the consignee, who are guarantors of payment of the transport price. A…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Carriers.

Article L133-8

…Deliberate fault is inexcusable if it implies awareness of the probability of damage and reckless acceptance without valid reason. Any clause to the contrary is deemed unwritten.

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