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Showing 47514760 of 52536 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 2-7-2002 n° 99-14.819

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4311-7-1

Students from nursing training institutes authorised under the conditions set out in article L. 4383-3 may complete a training period in a departmental or territorial fire and rescue service, provided…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-19-7

An inter-regional council and a disciplinary chamber of first instance of the association of masseur-physiotherapists of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Corsica are responsible for masseur-physiotherap…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Merger of mutual insurance companies

Article R322-106-7

The board of directors or management board of each of the mutual insurance companies involved in the merger shall draw up a written report which, together with the draft terms of merger and the audite…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-7-1

For the representation of the technical provisions corresponding to the branch mentioned in 18° of Article R. 321-1, advances made to carriers are accepted up to a limit of 10% of the amount defined i…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Purchases by French companies from French suppliers in competition with a foreign company receiving official export support

Article R442-10-7

The guarantee covers political, catastrophic and non-payment risks.The political risk is realised when the debtor has not paid his debt, or the performance of the contract has been interrupted, provid…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 6: Dissolution

Article L22-10-72

The Commercial Court may, at the request of any interested party, order the dissolution of the company if the number of shareholders has been reduced to less than seven for more than one year for comp…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 6: Dissolution

Article L22-10-73

The liability action against the directors or the managing director mentioned in article L. 225-252 may be exercised by an association meeting the conditions set out in Article L. 22-10-44.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-1-7

Registration or exemption from registration granted pursuant to Articles L. 822-1-5 and L. 822-1-6 conditions the validity in France of the certification reports signed by the auditors referred to in…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1a: Freedom to provide services by industrial property agents established on the territory of a Member State of the European Community or a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R422-7-1

When a professional established on the territory of a Member State of the European Union or of a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area is entitled to represent persons in industri…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Sociétés de participations financières de profession libérale de conseils en propriété industrielle (French only)

Article R422-51-7

The société de participations financières de profession libérale de conseil en propriété industrielle shall notify the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle of any cha…

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