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Showing 831840 of 62496 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 1983 · Cass. 3e civ. 2 October 2002 · Cass. 3e civ. 3 May 2006

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R225-19

Unless otherwise stipulated in the Articles of Association, a director may give a written proxy to another director to represent him at a meeting of the Board of Directors. Each director may hold only…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Collection of labile blood products.

Article R1222-19

Only doctors and nurses may collect labile blood products by apheresis or for scheduled autologous transfusion.Medical students who have completed the second year of the second cycle of medical studie…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R712-19

…are presented to the general meeting of the regional chamber of commerce and industry no later than 31 July of the year following the financial year concerned and are published on the chamber's websit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article A712-19

The accounting and budgetary years of the public establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry coincide with the calendar year.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Powers, composition and mandate

Article R7111-19

Commission members must have practised their profession for at least two of the five years preceding their appointment or election. They must not have been banned, disqualified or disqualified from ex…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Placement in an anti-seizure bracelet

Article R24-19

…mbined with the obligation to wear an electronic anti-removal bracelet is ordered for a period that may not exceed six months. It may be extended for the same period in accordance with the procedures…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article R5122-19

Subject to the provisions of article L. 5122-3, the number of hours which may justify the allocation of the partial activity allowance corresponds to the difference between the legal working time over…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Temporary duty-free import and export of articles for the personal use of travellers.

Article 196 ter

1. Travellers who are going to stay temporarily outside the customs territory may temporarily export free of exit duties and taxes the articles they take with them which are exclusively for their pers…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Procedure before the Commission for the Protection of Access to Works

Article R261-19

…e transaction are heard at least once by the Commission for the Protection of Access to Works. They may also send their written observations to the Commission, within a time limit set by the Chairman…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions relating to video game companies and video games

Article D331-19

For the purposes of I of article 220 terdecies of the French General Tax Code, a company is considered to be a video game creation company if, on the one hand, it is responsible for the artistic and t…

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