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Showing 38613870 of 37142 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 19 March 1996 · Cass. com. 15 September 2009 · Cass. com. 16 January 1973 · Cass. 1re civ. 14 March 1962 · Cass. com. 12 November 2008 · Cass. com. 9 October 2019 n° 18-13.286

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-12

…the statutory auditors. It may delegate this power under the conditions set out in Articles L. 225-129 to L. 225-129-6.The terms and conditions for the conversion of preference shares may also be set…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial and accounting provisions

Article R822-14

…may set up revenue and expenditure imprest accounts under the conditions set out in the decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019 relating to revenue and imprest accounts.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-16

…and informed consent, obtained in writing under the conditions laid down in paragraph 1 of Article 59 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017, after h…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-16

If the interests of public health so require and in the absence of an amicable agreement with the patent proprietor, the Minister responsible for industrial property may, at the request of the Ministe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163 bis

…enefits paid in the form of a lump sum taxable in accordance with b quinquies of the 5th of article 158 may, at the express and irrevocable request of the beneficiary, be subject to a deduction at the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to compensation for personal injury.

Article R421-16

Without prejudice to the exercise resulting from the legal subrogation of the guarantee fund in the rights which the creditor of the compensation has against the tortfeasor or the insurer, the guarant…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Access to payment accounts

Article D133-9

The notification referred to in Article 33(3) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2018/389 of 27 November 2017 shall be made to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, in accordan…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R1418-12

The Board of Directors may only validly deliberate if at least half of its members with voting rights are present. If this quorum is not reached, the Board is reconvened within fifteen days with the s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Dissolution and liquidation of the company

Article R822-120

In the event of dissolution of the company, the liquidator is chosen from among the partners of the société de participations financières de profession libérale de commissaires aux comptes. More than…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 2: Ordinary procedure

Article R121-12

In urgent cases, the enforcement judge may allow the summons to be served at the time he or she specifies, even from hour to hour and on public holidays.

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