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Showing 281290 of 43523 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 18 April 1967 · Cass. civ. 25 March 1992 · Cass. com. 4 January 1994 · Cass. 3e civ. 9 December 2009 · Cass. 3e civ. 15 June 2011

French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes

Article R123-259

…a business, the title and date of the legal gazette in which the insertion required by Article L. 141-12 was published; > In the case of a company operating in the retail sector, the title and date o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Procedural bodies and supervisors.

Article R621-25

The duties of the juge-commissaire and the supervisors end on the day on which the report on the end of the assignment of the court-appointed administrator, the mandataire judiciaire and, where applic…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Obligations of the insurer

Article L175-25

In the event of compensation for total loss, deemed total loss or negotiated total loss of the aircraft, the proceeds from the salvage of the wreckage are acquired by the insurer, without necessarily…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Duties of confraternity.

Article R4127-259

Dental surgeons must maintain good professional relations with each other. In the event of a disagreement of a professional nature between practitioners, the parties must submit to an attempt at conci…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Air medical transport.

Article R6312-25

…e or more medical attendants; 3° A space for medical equipment that is easily accessible in flight; 4° A fastening device for all the equipment. The sick or injured person must be able to be introduce…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Common provisions

Article R141-25

The Chairman of the Conciliators' Conference may delegate to members of the Conference the powers conferred on him by this Section.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Trial period.

Article L1221-25

…er terminates a contract in progress or at the end of the trial period defined in articles L. 1221-19 to L. 1221-24 or in article L. 1242-10 for contracts stipulating a trial period of at least one we…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Other policies

Article L2213-25

If the owner or his assigns fail to maintain an undeveloped plot of land or part of an undeveloped plot of land located within a residential area or at a maximum distance of 50 metres from dwellings,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification procedure.

Article R1123-25

Within one month of being notified of the committee's unfavourable opinion, the sponsor may use the information system for research involving the human person to request that his dossier be re-examine…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions.

Article L5212-25

When the application of a fiscal or budgetary provision results in an increase or decrease in the operating resources of a commune that is a member of a syndicate by a percentage equal to or greater t…

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