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Showing 37913800 of 30455 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. avis 20-10-2022 n° 22-70.011 B

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction and procedure before courts of first instance

Article 712-10

…r the prison in which the sentenced person is imprisoned or, if the sentenced person is free, his habitual residence or, if he does not have a habitual residence in France, the sentence enforcement ju…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Administration of establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry.

Article R712-10

The supervisory authority may introduce enhanced supervision or suspend the governing bodies of a chamber of commerce and industry, after first requesting the establishment to take the necessary corre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article L22-10-40

…he cases provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 22-10-39, the shareholder is represented by a person other than his spouse or the partner with whom he has entered into a civil solidarity pa…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conclusion and proof of the insurance contract - Form and transmission of policies.

Article L112-10

…non-professional purposes, takes out an insurance contract which complements a good or service sold by a supplier may cancel this contract, without charge or penalty, as long as it has not been fully…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Policy on medicinal products and sterile medical devices in health care institutions

Article R6111-10

I. - The institutional medical committee in public health establishments or the institutional medical conference in private health establishments draws up :1° An action programme, with monitoring indi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility

Article L22-10-77

…es whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the Ordinary General Meeting responsible for approving the financial statements for the financial year and the general partners, giving t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health rules applicable to swimming pools

Article D1332-10

I.-The person responsible for the swimming pool organises and implements the monitoring of the establishment's installations, water treatment system and air ventilation system. To this end, they draw…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Chiropodists.

Article L4322-10

…the department in which the regional health agency has its head office, unless otherwise stipulated by a decision of the National Council. The regional or inter-regional council exercises, under the s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Territories and territorial health councils

Article L1434-10

I A. - All the healthcare players in a given area are responsible for improving the health of the population in that area and for providing optimum care for patients in that area.I. - The Director Gen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Suspension and cancellation of financial instruments

Article L420-10

…ed to trading on a trading platform may ask the AIFM to suspend trading so that it can inform the public under satisfactory conditions.The Chairman of the Autorité des marchés financiers may also ask…

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