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Showing 48314840 of 66810 articles for Art. Cass. 2ème civ. 2-7-2020 n°s 19-11.417 and 19-13.636

French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Preliminary provisions.

Article L210-7

…t has verified that it has been properly incorporated under the conditions provided for by the laws and regulations relating to the trade and companies register. If the Articles of Association do not…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Sociétés en commandite par actions.

Article L226-7

The manager is vested with the broadest powers to act in all circumstances on behalf of the company. In dealings with third parties, the company is bound even by acts of the manager that do not fall w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article 713-45

If the sentenced person has complied with the measures, obligations and prohibitions imposed on him or her for at least one year, his or her rehabilitation appears to have been achieved and no further…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
General provisions

Article 803-7

…or formalities provided for by this code, he or she may immediately refer the matter to the liberty and custody judge for orders for the immediate placement of the person concerned under judicial supe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IVa - Brokerage of medicinal products

Article R5124-74

…tatives of the company or, if the company is owned by a company, its legal form, its corporate name and the address of its registered office. The form and content of the document containing the list o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Professional inadequacy.

Article R6152-79

Professional incompetence consists of a duly established inability to carry out the work or assume the responsibilities normally associated with the duties of a hospital practitioner. It results from…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Limiting the number of public houses.

Article L3331-7

…r, representatives of State services appointed by the representative of the State in the department and representatives of professional organisations representing cafe owners. This committee may be co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article L947-7

…ns aged at least thirty who are entered on the electoral roll drawn up pursuant to Article L. 947-6 and providing proof either of registration for at least five years in the Trade and Companies Regist…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4131-7

…° The conditions under which nationals of a Member State of the European Union, the Principality of Andorra or a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, holding evidence of formal…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Concession contracts awarded by a contracting entity to an affiliated undertaking

Article L3211-7

The rules defined in Title II apply to concession contracts which, on the one hand, are concluded by a contracting entity with an affiliated undertaking or by a body made up exclusively of several con…

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