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Showing 511520 of 25965 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 24-10-2019 n° 18-20.838

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Chairman

Article R112-24

With the exception of the transactions mentioned in 8° of article R. 112-23, the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may delegate his signature, including the prerogatives h…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Formation of the credit agreement

Article L313-24

For the loans referred to in Article L. 313-1, the lender shall formulate an offer provided free of charge on paper or on another durable medium to the borrower and to the guarantors declared by the b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6 : Conversion of sociétés anonymes.

Article L225-245

The conversion to a general partnership requires the agreement of all the partners. In this case, the conditions set out in articles L. 225-243 and the first paragraph of article L. 225-244 are not re…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 706-24

Officers and agents of the judicial police, assigned to the judicial police services specially responsible for combating terrorism, may be authorised by name by the public prosecutor at the Paris cour…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Committees - Representation on outside bodies.

Article LO6431-24

After the election of its Executive Council under the conditions set out in article LO 6432-6, the territorial council may form its committees and appoint its members or delegates to sit on outside bo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 5: Operation of the adversarial expert appraisal.

Article R5127-24

If the owner or keeper does not submit his sample intact within the time limit set by the examining magistrate, the sample is no longer taken into account. In this case, the two experts are assigned t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Cooperative societies.

Article R4131-24

At least one-twentieth of the cooperative's operating surpluses is deducted annually to form a reserve fund. The remainder of the operating surplus is, by decision of the Members' Meeting, placed in r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The special register of individual entrepreneurs with limited liability.

Article R526-24

In the event of failure to comply with the provisions of the third paragraph of Article R. 526-16 and article R. 526-22, the judge responsible for overseeing the trade and companies register in the ju…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The jury

Article A212-24

Jury members who take part in meetings and deliberations by means of audiovisual communication attend the meeting in its entirety, from the opening of the session until the final decision is taken, un…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 7: Provisions applicable in the event of referral to the trial court

Article D32-24

In accordance with the provisions of Article 181, in the event that the person under investigation is indicted before the Assize Court, house arrest with electronic surveillance shall continue to have…

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