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Showing 25912600 of 33588 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 10-5-1989 n° 87-16.595

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership

Article R22-10-32

For the purposes of the first paragraph of Article L. 22-10-52, the price shall be at least equal to the weighted average of the prices on the last three trading days prior to the start of the public…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Emergency contraception in secondary education establishments and university and inter-university student health services

Article D5134-10-1

University and inter-university student health services supply students with emergency contraception drugs under the following conditions:1° Medicines are issued and administered free of charge to stu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title IV: Other service providers

Article D54-10-2

To register in accordance with Article L. 54-10-3, applicants must send the following information to the Autorité des marchés financiers: 1° The identity of the persons referred to in 1° and 2° of Art…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4a: Trade union audience measurement for companies with fewer than eleven employees

Article L2122-10-8

The rules set out in Articles L. 10 and L. 67 of the Electoral Code apply to electoral operations.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: "ORSAN" system

Article R3131-10-4

SIVIC processing may only be linked with other personal data processing operations, with regard to the identifying data mentioned in 1° of article R. 3131-10-2, for the sole purpose of : 1° Ensuring r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article R22-10-29

The thresholds provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 22-10-36, assessed on the closing date of the financial year, are set at 20 million euros for the balance sheet total, 40 million euros…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: National tattoo product vigilance system.

Article R513-10-9

The vigilance exercised over tattooing products includes : 1° The immediate reporting of the serious adverse reactions mentioned in article L. 513-10-8, including those resulting from misuse, and the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Intervention by the fund in the event of the withdrawal of an insurance undertaking's administrative authorisation

Article L421-10-2

Declarations made by insurance undertakings to the guarantee fund indicating the items to be taken into account for the assessment of the contributions referred to in articles L. 421-10 and L. 421-10-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Disputes

Article R2315-50

Challenges by the employer provided for in Article L. 2315-86 fall within the jurisdiction of the President of the Judicial Court. The deadline for lodging an appeal against the ruling is ten days fro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 10: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article D5211-53

The intercommunal security and crime prevention council is governed by section 4 of Chapter II of Title III of Book I of the Internal Security Code.

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