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Showing 261270 of 56807 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 28-1-2021 n° 19-25.036

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-19

The aptitude test provided for in articles R. 822-6 and R. 822-7 takes place at least once a year, on a date set by order of the Minister of Justice, published in the Official Journal of the French Re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Elections

Article R4441-19

Minutes of the election are drawn up immediately. It shall state the time at which the meeting opened and closed, the number of votes obtained by each candidate and the result of the election. It shal…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Approval

Article D6323-19

I.-The administrative authority referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 6323-17-6 is the regional prefect.II-The regional joint cross-industry committee provided for in article L. 6323-17-6 i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation

Article R6156-19

Nomination papers are sent to the Minister no later than twenty days before the opening date of the ballot and posted on the Ministry of Health website.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Administration.

Article R6223-19

Minutes are drawn up of all deliberations of the General Meeting, signed by the shareholders present and containing, in particular: the date and place of the meeting, the items on the agenda, the iden…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation

Article R6322-19

The provisions of articles R. 1112-79 to R. 1112-94 relating to the users' commission are applied to persons cared for in cosmetic surgery facilities where the holder of the authorisation is a health…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R6153-1-28

The terms and conditions for the application of this sub-section are specified, unless otherwise stipulated, by joint order of the Ministers of Health and Higher Education and the Minister of Defence.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Corrective measures, restrictions on use, interruption of distribution, exemptions, information and advice for consumers

Article R1321-28-1

When the indicative values defined in article R. 1321-3-1 and the vigilance values defined in article R. 1321-15-1 are not met and the Prefect, on the report of the Director General of the Regional He…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Availability

Article R7123-19

In particular, the availability contract shall mention: 1° The nature and characteristics of the service, in particular as regards working conditions and the foreseeable hours of employment and select…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article A822-28-12

The standard of ethics "securing the interventions of the statutory auditor-implementation of the risks and safeguards approach", approved by the Minister of Justice, is set out below: Ethical standar…

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