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Showing 13111320 of 39506 articles for Art. Cass. 2ème civ. 4-7-2007 n° 06-11.659

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.

Article R321-72

Where justified by the urgency of the situation, the Conseil des maisons de vente may, by reasoned decision, temporarily suspend the authorisation for partial access to the activities of voluntary sal…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.

Article R321-70

The programme and procedures for the aptitude test are laid down by order of the Minister of Justice, after consulting the Conseil des maisons de vente. The Conseil des maisons de vente organises the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.

Article R321-71

The Conseil des maisons de vente withdraws the authorisation for partial access to the activities of voluntary sale of furniture by public auction by reasoned decision: 1° In the event of failure to c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.

Article R321-73

The decisions referred to in articles R. 321-71 and R. 321-72 may only be taken after the interested party has been given sufficient time to examine his file and to submit written observations. In the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public health establishments specifically designed to receive people who have been imprisoned or placed in secure detention.

Article R6147-72

The provisions of articles L. 6146-10 and L. 6154-1 to L. 6154-6 do not apply in these establishments.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public health establishments specifically designed to receive people who have been imprisoned or placed in secure detention.

Article R6147-71

The assignment and appointment by the Minister of Justice of the staff mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 6141-5 to national public health establishments exclusively intended to receive p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public health establishments specifically designed to receive people who have been imprisoned or placed in secure detention.

Article R6147-70

The directors of establishments exclusively intended to receive prisoners or persons placed in secure detention are chosen from the management staff of the decentralised departments of the prison admi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article R225-71

A request for items or draft resolutions to be included on the agenda of the meeting, by shareholders representing at least 5% of the share capital, shall be sent to the registered office by registere…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Duty to comply

Article R752-44-4

The application for authorisation is sent electronically to the Prefect, with an electronic acknowledgement of receipt sent immediately. The Prefect has one month from receipt of the authorisation app…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the recognition and monitoring in France of convictions and probation decisions handed down by the competent authorities of other Member States of the European Union

Article 764-24

Enforcement of the sentence or probation decision shall be refused in the following cases:1° The certificate is not produced, is incomplete or manifestly does not correspond to the sentence or decisio…

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