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Showing 10311040 of 56807 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 28-1-2021 n° 19-25.036

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Characteristic features of residential premises

Article R1331-19

Attics may be made available for residential use if they meet the following cumulative conditions:-the solidity of the floor guarantees the safety of occupancy ;-they meet the requirements for ceiling…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-19

The bathing waters listed are included in the register of protected areas mentioned in article R. 212-4 of the Environment Code. The departmental prefect sends the list of bathing waters surveyed in h…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Ad hoc mandate.

Article R611-19

As soon as the application is received, the president of the court shall have the court clerk summon the legal representative of the legal entity or the debtor who is a natural person in order to obta…

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

Article R526-19

The individual limited liability entrepreneur shall file in the special register mentioned in Article R. 526-15, within six months of the end of the financial year, the accounting documents mentioned…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Procedural bodies and supervisors.

Article R621-19

The mandataire judiciaire shall take all measures to inform and consult creditors. Creditors who so request by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the mandataire judiciaire shall be k…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Management of the business during the observation period.

Article R631-19

The articles R. 622-6 to R. 622-8 are applicable to the receivership proceedings.Article R. 622-6 is also applicable where the application for authorisation submitted on the basis of II of Article L.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Maintaining the business.

Article R641-19

The thresholds above which the court appoints an administrator to administer the business are identical to the thresholds set by article R. 621-11.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Postal voting.

Article R713-19

The commission totals the number of votes obtained by each candidate in each category or sub-category and allocates the seats in accordance with Article L. 713-16. Any ballot paper submitted in a form…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Electronic voting.

Article R723-19

On the day of the vote count, the chairman of the committee provided for in article L. 723-13 prints the list of voters from the "voter file" processing. The chairman and one of the members of the com…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The National Council of Commercial Court Registrars.

Article R741-19

The duties of a member of the National Council are free of charge. They may only give rise to the reimbursement of travel and subsistence expenses in accordance with the conditions laid down each year…

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