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Showing 611620 of 50800 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 11-2-2009 n° 07-13.853

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R814-119

The minutes of the shareholders' deliberations are recorded in a special register that has previously been listed and initialled by the clerk responsible for keeping the register of companies in which…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Green Spaces Agency.

Article R4413-11

The Chairman of the Board of Directors is solely responsible for administration. He prepares and executes the deliberations of the Board of Directors. He manages the Agency's assets and is the authori…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Doors and gates

Article R4224-11

Sliding doors and gates are fitted with a safety system to prevent them from coming off their tracks and falling. Doors and gates that open upwards are fitted with a safety system to prevent them from…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Coordination of prevention.

Article R4511-11

The head of the user undertaking and the heads of external undertakings shall make the information mentioned in article R. 4511-10 available: 1° To the competent social and economic committee; 2° To t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum safety distances.

Article R4534-110

Any employer planning to carry out earthworks, excavations, drilling or excavation work must find out from the relevant road authority in the case of work on public property, from the owner in the cas…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Psychiatric care arrangements

Article R3844-11

Articles R. 3211-7 to R. 3211-30 are applicable in New Caledonia, in the version resulting from decree no. 2014-897 of 15 August 2014 relating to the judicial procedure for the release and review of n…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-11

The professional practice standard relating to requests for confirmation from third parties, approved by the Minister of Justice, is shown below:PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE STANDARD RELATING TO REQUESTS FOR…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Specific safety study.

Article R4543-11

An information sheet appended to the specific safety study summarises all the risks identified. This summary may be produced using pictograms. Where the nature of the risk requires special preventive…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Termination of business.

Article R4731-11

The employer shall inform the labour inspector referred to in article L. 8112-1 of the measures taken to put an end to the dangerous situation, by any means giving a date certain on receipt of this in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Duties to patients

Article R4312-11

Nurses must listen to, examine, advise, educate or care for all persons with the same conscience, whatever their origin, morals, social or family situation, beliefs or religion, disability, state of h…

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