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Showing 471480 of 49798 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 26-2-1992 n° 90-19.710

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Regional and interregional councils

Article R4322-26

Each of the regional or inter-regional councils of the Order is made up of four, five, six or seven pairs, depending on whether the number of chiropodists registered on the last published roll for the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 9: Sociétés anonymes à participation ouvrière.

Article L225-260

The company's shares consist of: 1° shares or denominations of capital shares; 2° shares known as "working shares".

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Checks on collective protection equipment and installations

Article R4412-26

The results of the checks provided for in this sub-section are recorded under the conditions laid down in Article D. 4711-2.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Additional designations

Article L1441-26

In the case provided for in Article L. 1441-25, the industrial tribunal members are appointed jointly by the Minister of Justice and the Minister for Employment, by industrial tribunal, college and se…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-26

I. - A general-purpose investment fund may have one or more sub-funds if its articles of association or fund rules so provide. Each sub-fund shall give rise to the issue of a class of units or shares…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-26

The heavy equipment listed below is subject to the authorisation provided for in Article L. 6122-1:1° (Repealed) ;2° The following cross-sectional imaging equipment, with the exception of that exclusi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Provisions relating to the supplementary supervision of regulated entities in a financial conglomerate.

Article L356-26

The undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-1 and in 1° of III of Article L. 310-1-1 belonging to a financial conglomerate within the meaning of Article L. 517-3 of the Monetary and Financial Code…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Education and research.

Article L4433-26

The regional councils establish, where appropriate, on the proposal of the presidents of the University of the West Indies, the University of French Guyana and the University of Reunion, according to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-26

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 10: Applicable charges

Article L133-26

I. - The payment service provider may not charge the payment service user for fulfilling its information obligations or for carrying out corrective and preventive measures pursuant to this chapter, ex…

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