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Showing 321330 of 23134 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 19-12-2007 n° 06-21.998

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Creation, extension and conversion.

Article R2324-19

I.-The Chairman of the Departmental Council has three months from the date on which the application is deemed to be complete to notify his decision to grant or refuse the authorisation provided for in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-19

I.-In application of article L. 4425-3, the President of the Corsican Executive Council presents an annual report to the Assembly of Corsica on the situation with regard to equality between women and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-19

The managers and employees of the persons mentioned in 1° to 7°c of Article L. 561-2 may disclose to the judicial authority or to officers of the judicial police acting under delegation that informati…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 4: Internship agreement

Article R426-19

The placement agreement is concluded between the trainee, the training establishment or the employer established abroad and the host company in France or the training organisation mentioned in article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Meetings of the departmental commercial development commission

Article R752-19

Within ten days of the committee meeting or the date of tacit authorisation, the committee's decision or opinion is:1° Notified by the prefect to the applicant and, if the project requires planning pe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement and services of the statutory auditor

Article R823-19

The secretariat of the restricted formation summonses the parties to appear before it at least fifteen days before the hearing, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. Where appropriate,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Apprenticeship programme authorisation procedure

Article R1161-19

The withdrawal or suspension of the authorisation is issued by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé. The company exploiting the medicinal pro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Training leave

Article R2315-19

If, in order to refuse the request for leave, the employer considers that the employee's absence could have prejudicial consequences for production and the smooth running of the company, the refusal s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-19

Assets and liabilities must be valued separately. No offsetting may be made between asset and liability items in the balance sheet or between expense and income items in the income statement, except i…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial organisation

Article R114-19

When the first paragraph of Article L. 1612-1 of the General Local Authorities Code is applied in the event that the Centre's budget has not been adopted before 1 January of the financial year to whic…

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