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Showing 661670 of 34514 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 12-5-2016 n° 15-13.851

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-15

Subject to providing proof in the schedule provided for in Article L. 123-12, the companies mentioned in 1° of Article L. 233-17 are exempt from the obligation to draw up consolidated accounts and a r…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Data accessors

Article R142-15

Other than the officials responsible for implementing the processing and those of the Agence nationale des titres sécurisés responsible for manufacturing the documents, have access, by virtue of their…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: The application

Article 1217

Outside the cases provided for in articles 390,391,442,485 and in the third paragraph of Article 494-3 of the Civil Code, the court shall be seised by application delivered or addressed to the registr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The person responsible

Article R1261-15

The special purpose vehicle is managed by a manager appointed in accordance with the conditions laid down in its articles of association. When the special purpose vehicle is set up in a public scienti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-152

For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply 1° "Adverse reaction": a noxious and unintended response to a medicinal product or to a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for registration in national directories

Article R6113-15

At least every two years, the ministries and certifying bodies provide the Director General of France Compétences with statistical data on the professional integration of holders of vocational qualifi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Declaration of hazardous mixtures

Article R1342-15

The declaration provided for in Article R. 1342-13 includes the following information:1° The existing name or names of the mixture in question ;2° The qualitative and quantitative composition of the m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Drawing up the plan

Article R4251-15

The deliberation of the regional council setting the procedures for drawing up the plan provided for in article L. 4251-4 specifies the period within which the persons mentioned in 3° to 6° of I of Ar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduction in the rental value of certain properties

Article 1518 A ter

I. - Municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status may, by means of a concordant decision taken under the conditions laid down in I of Article 1639…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to compensation for personal injury.

Article R421-15

The guarantee fund may intervene, even before the criminal courts and even for the first time on appeal, with a view, in particular, to contesting the principle or the amount of the compensation claim…

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