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Showing 86318640 of 27977 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 17-7-1997 n° 96-10.261

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Companies of court-appointed administrators and agents

Article R814-59

…n of judicial administrator or that of judicial representative. Subject to the provisions of décret n° 2017-794 du 5 mai 2017 relatif à la constitution, au fonctionnement et au contrôle des sociétés p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Control of the profession

Article L821-12-4

…he two preceding articles, the High Council is exempt from the application of the provisions of loi n° 68-678 du 26 juillet 1968 relative à la communication de documents et renseignements d'ordre écon…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Penalties relating to consumer credit

Article R354-1

…of the same table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR WORDING R. 341-1 to R. 341-19 Resulting from décret n° 2016-884 du 29 juin 2016

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Id: Certifiers abroad

Article 1649 quater O

After informing the parties concerned of any shortcomings observed in the performance of the agreement referred to in Article 1649 quater N and having given them the opportunity to present their obser…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to specialised finance companies

Article L214-190-2-1

The repurchase by the specialised finance company of its own shares or debt securities or the issue of new shares or debt securities may be temporarily suspended by the Board of Directors, the Managem…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-36

The marketing authorisation is granted by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé. The authorisation includes the national number identifying th…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R211-1

The regulatory provisions of Titles I and II are applicable to any natural or legal person who engages in the transactions referred to in Article L. 211-1, subject to the provisions of the second sent…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Status of members, agents and employees of the agency

Article R232-23

The agency may employ contractual public-sector employees on fixed-term or indefinite-term, full-time or part-time contracts, and full-time or part-time private-sector employees. The contracts of publ…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article R325-4

Before withdrawing the authorisation provided for in Article L. 325-1 or in this Code or in Articles 6 or 7 of Article L. 612-39 of the Monetary and Financial Code, in the case of an undertaking autho…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1b: Transmission of information for the purposes of registering persons practising the profession of dietician

Article R4371-1-2

Articles R. 4333-7 and R. 4333-8 are applicable to dieticians, subject to the following adaptations: 1° In the first paragraph of article R. 4333-7, the words: "de l'article L. 4333-1-1" are replaced…

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