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Showing 34213430 of 58927 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 1-6-2010 n° 09-65.482

French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Budgetary control

Article A211-60

Pursuant to the provisions of Article 223 of Decree No. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, the budget controller shall in particular receive the following docu…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: The general meeting of mutual insurance companies

Article R322-64

The General Meeting which must deliberate on the appointment of the members of the first Board of Directors or the first Supervisory Board and on the sincerity of the declaration made, under the terms…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General information

Article R721-6

Decisions to approve or reject the approval of a specification and decisions to approve or reject the amendment of an approved specification shall be notified by the Institute to the applicant within…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article R151-6

Within thirty working days from the date of receipt of an application for authorisation, the Minister responsible for the economy will inform the investor who submitted the application either that the…

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

Article R321-66

Persons satisfying the conditions laid down in articles R. 321-56 and R. 321-65 and wishing to establish themselves in France shall send their application for recognition of professional qualification…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Support for collective operations

Article 634-4

Aid for collective operations is awarded and the amount determined on the basis of the following criteria: 1° The operation's ability to contribute to a mission of general interest for the technical s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Pharmacy inspection.

Article L5127-6

The inspectors mentioned in article L. 5127-1 must be replaced by their colleagues for the inspection of pharmacies or establishments operated by owners of which they are related or connected up to an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Control of plant and animal species harmful to human health

Article R1338-6

In order to prevent the appearance or to combat the proliferation of the species appearing on the list provided for in article L. 1338-1 and which are likely to be harmful to human health, all project…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Support

Article R5134-62

The tutor's tasks are as follows: 1° Take part in welcoming, helping, informing and guiding the employee on an initiative-employment contract; 2° Contribute to the acquisition of professional skills;…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Artist authors

Article R6331-64

I. - Within the skills operator responsible for managing the contribution referred to in article L. 6331-55 , a special section is created to manage the contributions referred to in article L. 6331-65…

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