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Showing 481490 of 57126 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 25-1-2023 n° 21-20.009

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

Article L225-25

The Articles of Association may require each director to own a number of shares in the company, which they determine. If, on the day of his appointment, a director does not own the required number of…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and conditions for carrying out preimplantation diagnosis

Article R2131-25

In the light of the certificate provided by the couple or the unmarried woman of the pre-implantation diagnosis, one of the practitioners of the multidisciplinary clinical-biological medical team obta…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Emergency care network

Article D6124-25

The establishment participating in the network referred to in Article R. 6123-26 regularly sends all the members of this network, under the conditions laid down in the constituent agreement: 1° An ope…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Sterilisation of medical devices.

Article R6111-21-1

In consultation with the chair of the hospital medical committee or the chair of the hospital medical conference, the director, the administrator of the health cooperation group or the legal represent…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Specific provisions governing the exceeding of exposure limit values relating to sensory effects

Article R4453-25

I.- Workers exposed to electromagnetic fields assigned to workstations for which the exposure limit values set in article R. 4453-3 are exceeded will benefit from an information and prevention visit a…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reorganisation and winding-up measures for Community credit institutions

Article R613-25

I. - The administrator or liquidator appointed in the context of proceedings initiated in respect of a credit institution having its registered office in France shall cause an extract of the following…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Declaration of subcontracting at the time of the tender

Article R2393-25

Where the declaration of subcontracting is made when the tender is submitted, the tenderer shall provide the purchaser with a declaration containing all of the following information: 1° The nature of…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and operation of the National Medical Accidents Commission.

Article R1142-25

The chairman and members of the commission are appointed by order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health for a renewable period of five years. A number of alternates equal to the number…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to medical biology laboratories authorised in France

Article D6221-25

The decision of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency is notified to the interested party by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. It will be published in the journal of admi…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: External fire protection

Article R2512-21-1

For the application in Paris of chapter V "External fire defence" of title II of book II of part two: 1° The words: "mayor" or "president of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation wit…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
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