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Showing 481490 of 23850 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 14-12-2005 n° 1418

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Reporting professional misconduct to the competent supervisory authorities and protection of whistleblowers

Article L785-14

I.- Subject to the adaptation provisions provided for in II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Counting of votes and declaration of results (R)

Article R1112-14

For a referendum decided by a territorial authority other than the commune, department, region or Corsican authority, the results recorded at the level of each commune are sent to a census commission…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for authorisation.

Article R1243-14

The authorised establishment or body must send the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé a copy of any instrument appointing the responsible perso…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to sociétés d'exercice libéral.

Article R814-149

Where the company's consent is obtained under the conditions set out in articles L. 223-14 and L. 228-24 and 10 of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990, the transferee shall apply to the National Commi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Refusal, suspension and withdrawal of modelling agency licences

Article R7123-14

I. - The modelling agency licence is refused or withdrawn by the Prefect referred to in article R. * 7123-9 : 1° When the applicant for the licence or the managers of the agency do not offer or no lon…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement and services of the statutory auditor

Article R823-14

If the number of working hours normally required to carry out the work programme of the statutory auditor(s) appears to be excessive or insufficient, the president of the regional company shall be ask…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Powers of the Board of Directors of the joint association

Article R2135-14

The Board of Directors deliberates under the conditions laid down in article R. 2135-15, in particular with a view to: 1° Adopting the internal regulations of the joint management association or any s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General rules governing the composition of assets

Article R214-14

The deposits referred to in 4° of I of article L. 214-20 are deposits made with a credit institution that are repayable on demand or can be withdrawn and have a maturity of twelve months or less, prov…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article R236-14

The offer to redeem the securities at the request of the bondholders provided for in the first paragraph of Articles L. 236-14 and L. 236-23 is brought to the attention of the bondholders in accordanc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation to set up within this perimeter

Article A761-14

The second part of the application to the Prefect referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 761-12-1 includes all the information needed to examine the application, namely: 1° An indicative pla…

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