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Showing 59215930 of 30390 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 8-9-2016 n° 15-21.381

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Endorsement.

Article L511-8

Any bill of exchange, even if not expressly drawn to order, is transferable by way of endorsement. Where the drawer has inserted in the bill of exchange the words "not to order" or an equivalent expre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Personal bankruptcy and other prohibition measures.

Article L653-8

In the cases provided for in articles L. 653-3 to L. 653-6, the court may order, instead of personal bankruptcy, a ban on directing, managing, administering or controlling, directly or indirectly, eit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-89

After the Annual General Meeting has been convened and at least for a period of fifteen days prior to the date of the meeting, any shareholder has the right to inspect, at the registered office or pla…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Home haemodialysis.

Article D6124-85

The managing health care establishment provides appropriate training for the patient and the third party who will assist him, either in a haemodialysis centre, in a medical dialysis unit or in an inde…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-9-1

I.-It is forbidden for any athlete or any other person to use directly or indirectly, in the context of their professional or sporting activity, the services or advice of a member of the athlete suppo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for authorisation

Article D3512-9-2

Approval to carry out the analyses mentioned in article L. 3512-15 is granted for a maximum period of five years by the public establishment mentioned in this article. It is renewable under the same c…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Portfolio transfers between supplementary occupational pension funds and institutions for occupational retirement provision established in a Member State of the European Union or in a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L370-8

In the case of a portfolio transfer referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 370-6, the application file is sent by the supplementary occupational pension fund to the Autorité de contrôle prud…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Sociétés de participations financières de profession libérale de conseils en propriété industrielle (French only)

Article R422-51-9

Each financial holding company of the liberal profession of industrial property attorney is subject, by the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property, as soon as it is register…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Revitalisation of employment areas.

Article L1233-85

An agreement between the company and the administrative authority, concluded within six months of the notification provided for in article L. 1233-46, determines, where applicable on the basis of a so…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Regional Intervention Fund

Article L1435-8

A regional intervention fund finances, by decision of the regional health agencies, actions, experiments and, where appropriate, structures contributing to :1° Promoting health and preventing illness,…

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