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Showing 28012810 of 19566 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 19 Nov. 2014

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article L511-52

…he provisions of this II do not apply to members appointed on the basis of Articles 4 or 6 of Order 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 on the governance and capital transactions of publicly held companies to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article L533-26

…he provisions of this II do not apply to members appointed on the basis of Articles 4 or 6 of Order 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 on the governance and capital transactions of publicly held companies to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-18

…supplementary budget.In the event of the signing of a city contract defined in Article 6 of Law no. 2014-173 of 21 February 2014 on programming for cities and urban cohesion, the Corsican local author…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The statutory auditor's mission.

Article R823-7

In their report to the Ordinary General Meeting, the Statutory Auditors shall specify, in addition to the information provided for in Article R. 822-56 :

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities

Article A123-80-1

…egistration provided for by the article L. 123-1-1 of the French Commercial Code or by V of article 19 of the loi n° 96-603 du 5 juillet 1996 relative au développement et à la promotion du commerce et…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable in the event of recording using a secure electronic device

Article A37-27-2

…signed electronically or by hand by the officer in accordance with the provisions of article A. 37-19. IV.-After collection, the offending officer shall record the number of the booklet of counterfoi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Information to be provided to the public

Article R385-21

…e conditions specified by Article 298 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 of 10 October 2014 supplementing Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the taking…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Application for substantial modification

Article R1124-12

…within the time limits laid down in Articles 20 and 22 of the aforementioned Regulation of 16 April 2014. The Chairman may, if necessary, appoint a second member to act as rapporteur. The Select Commi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Production support

Article 422-24

…311-19, to more than 60% of the final production cost of the work; 3° For difficult long-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Approval, implementation and control of the statement of estimated revenue and expenditure.

Article R6145-29

…year to which they relate. The budget is accompanied by the documents mentioned in article R. 6145-19. Amending decisions are sent to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency for approval,…

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