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Showing 601610 of 32840 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 31-5-2018 n° 17-16.944

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition and appointment of members

Article D1123-31

If a member has three consecutive unexcused absences from committee meetings, that member is deemed to have resigned.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation at regional level

Article R1114-31

The president of the regional union is elected by the regional committee in accordance with the rules set out in the statutes and internal regulations of the national union. The national union may, in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Obligation to register.

Article R123-31

Registration in the Trade and Companies Register is personal in nature. No one may be registered more than once in the same register.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Write-offs

Article R123-317

The keeper of the National Register of Companies, informed by any administrative or judicial authority via the single body mentioned in Article R. 123-1 and under the conditions provided for in Articl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Write-offs

Article R123-316

The keeper of the National Register of Companies shall proceed with the striking off of any person: 1° As from the closure of bankruptcy proceedings, the liquidation of assets due to insufficient asse…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Write-offs

Article R123-312

Any deletion mentioned or reported ex officio from the register of companies by the clerk of the commercial court or of the judicial court ruling in commercial matters shall be brought to the attentio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Write-offs

Article R123-313

Where a natural person registered in the National Register of Companies does not carry on any activity other than that which has been deleted pursuant to Article R. 123-305, the keeper of the National…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article R223-31

If they represent at least one tenth of the share capital, members may, in a common interest, instruct one or more of them, at their own expense, to represent them to support, both as plaintiff and de…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Training period.

Article R321-31

Exclusion from the course may be ordered by the Board on disciplinary grounds after the person concerned has been given the opportunity to present his defence.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Inter-municipal agreements, conventions and conferences

Article L5842-31

The provisions of Chapter I of Title II of Book II of Part Five mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column…

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