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Showing 881890 of 48199 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 22 May 1968 · Cass. 3e civ. 25 January 1983 · Cass. com. 21 March 1995 · Cass. 3e civ. 29 May 1991 · Cass. 3e civ. 27 June 1990 · Cass. ass. plén. 6 October 2006 · Cass. ass. plén. 13 January 2020

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-29

The term of office of a director elected by the employees or appointed pursuant to

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Miscellaneous provisions

Article D6153-1-27

The junior doctor may not work as a replacement in the entity in which he or she is being hosted as a trainee.

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Examination of authorisation applications

Article L5125-22

In the event of the permanent cessation of activity of the pharmacy, its proprietor, or in the event of his death his heirs, shall declare this cessation to the Director General of the Regional Health…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Status of employees.

Article D5424-22

…ned or in the event of work being stopped by the project manager on public works sites, the company may not dismiss an employee during the period of inactivity of the site on which the employee is emp…

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

Article L233-25

…ct to justification in the notes to the financial statements, the consolidated financial statements may be drawn up on a different date from that of the annual financial statements of the consolidatin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-25

…of execution, the claim declared shall be certified as true by the creditor. The official receiver may request that the statutory auditor or, failing this, the chartered accountant approve the statem…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the Court of Appeal against decisions of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-25

Appeals shall be brought before the Court of Appeal by deed containing, in addition to the particulars prescribed by 3° of Article 54 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and on pain of nullity:1° The uniq…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions applicable to CCI France.

Article D712-25

…t in proportion to their economic weight, measured by the economic study referred to in Article R. 713-66 and submitted to the prefect for the last general renewal. In the event of non-payment of a ma…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: Transportation of the body after committal (R).

Article R2213-25

I.-With the exception of the cases provided for in article R. 2213-26, the body is placed in a coffin fitted with a watertight bowl complying with the following characteristics: 1° strength; 2° Watert…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: The consultation procedure provided for in Article L. 752-4

Article R752-25

At least ten days before the meeting, each of the members of the commission shall receive, by any means, communication of the request for an opinion, accompanied by:1° The prefectoral order setting th…

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