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Showing 531540 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 General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Powers of the President of the Executive Council.

Article L4422-25

…e manages the staff of the collectivity under the conditions set out in article 16-3 of law n° 72-619 of 5 July 1972 creating and organising the regions and the loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 portant…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Transfer of shares.

Article 1863

…r within six months of the last of the notifications provided for in the third paragraph of Article 1861, approval of the transfer is deemed to have been granted, unless the other shareholders decide,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Vigilance

Article R1125-25

The investigator notifies the sponsor of all serious adverse events and serious incidents without delay after becoming aware of them. This notification is the subject of a written report and is follow…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Health department

Article R1424-25

…s from volunteer firefighters recruited in accordance with the procedures set out in article R. 723-90 of the Internal Security Code.Alongside the chief medical officer, the staff of the health subdir…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Steering and Dialogue Committee

Article R1413-25

…d after examination of their links of interest, within the meaning of the provisions of article L. 1451-1. In the event of a vacancy, they are replaced under the same conditions for the remainder of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 182

Partial dismissal orders may be issued during the course of the investigation. Partial referral orders or partial transmission orders may be issued under the same conditions when, in respect of one or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: French FIA portfolio management companies

Article L532-25-1

…ts, Saint-Martin and the Department of Mayotte and authorised to manage an AIF covered by Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 or to provide investment ser…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1839

If the articles of association do not contain all the particulars required by law or if a formality prescribed by law has been omitted or irregularly performed, any interested party is entitled to app…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation

Article R1435-25

Each year, before 1st March, the interministerial decree referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 1435-10 sets the amount of funding allocated to each regional health agency, after consulting…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investment of sums held in the automatic promotion account abroad

Article 721-25

The application for investment authorisation must be submitted once a year when it concerns the promotion abroad of the company's catalogue and twice at the most when it concerns the promotion abroad…

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