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Showing 11311140 of 66453 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 19-9-2007 n° 06-15.295 and Cass. civ. 3-10-2019 n° 18-22.945 F-D

French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-30-10

…onic signature that meets the requirements of EU Regulation No. 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic tr…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article D45-3

The fixed fine procedure is applicable to offences for which the law so provides, when these offences are recorded by an electronic report drawn up using a secure device allowing the use of a signatur…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers of the overseas regions in relation to economic development and regional planning

Article L4433-10-3

…enquiry, the regional development plan, possibly amended to take account of the opinions expressed and the results of the enquiry, is adopted by the deliberative assembly of the region, department or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant

Article R2334-9-3

…ticle L. 2334-23-1 is distributed between New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and Wallis-et-Futuna in proportion to the respective population of all their communes and territoria…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out.

Article L228-35-10

…e L. 225-205 are applicable. Repurchased shares are cancelled in accordance with article L. 225-207 and the capital automatically reduced. The redemption of non-voting preference shares may only be re…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Other provisions.

Article R6123-32-10

…ment holding the authorisation provided for in Article R. 6123-1 : 1° Contributes to the evaluation and development of knowledge of emergency medicine in order to improve the quality and safety of pat…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: "ORSAN" system

Article R3131-10-3

I. - The data referred to in article R. 3131-10-2 is collected and recorded in the SIVIC data processing system by the staff of health establishments caring for patients, including in the context of e…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 695-9-3

…ets shall be accompanied by a certificate issued by the judicial authority that ordered the measure and containing the following information: 1° Identification of the judicial authority that issued, v…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: The jury

Article R212-10-3

…of the minister responsible for sports for the activities mentioned in c of 5° of article R. 212-7 and for the activity of mountain leader, audiovisual conference facilities are available to candidat…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the family court

Article 373-2-9

…ting place designated by the judge.Where the interests of the child so require or where the direct handover of the child to the other parent presents a danger for one of them, the judge shall organise…

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