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Showing 32413250 of 49594 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 4-3-1998 n° 96-16.671

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article L22-10-45

Deliberations made by meetings in breach of the provisions of articles L. 22-10-31, L. 22-10-32 and L. 22-10-33 are null and void.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article L22-10-48

When the shares of a company whose registered office is established in France are admitted to trading on a regulated market of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Regional Councils

Article L4312-5-4

An inter-regional council and a disciplinary chamber of first instance of the nurses' association of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Corsica are responsible for nurses in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L621-5-4

I.- The duties and contributions mentioned in article L. 621-5-3 are liquidated, authorised and recovered according to the procedures laid down for the revenues of the State's public administrative es…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L7123-4-1

The presumption of salaried employment provided for in articles L. 7123-3 and L. 7123-4 does not apply to models who are recognised as service providers established in a Member State of the European U…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Common provisions

Article R1132-4-1

The commission of genetic counsellors referred to in articles L. 1132-3 and L. 1132-5 is attached to the prefect of a region designated by order of the Minister for Health. It comprises :1° The region…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Common provisions

Article D1132-4-2

The Prefect of the region referred to in article R. 1132-4-1 shall designate the department responsible for providing the Commission's secretariat.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Person responsible.

Article R1222-9-4

The President of the Etablissement Français du Sang shall send the Director General of the Agence Nationale de Sécurité du Médicament et des Produits de Santé a copy of any instrument appointing the p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operating rules

Article D1411-45-1

The Ministry of Health acts as the General Secretariat of the National Health Conference.The General Secretary is appointed by order of the Minister for Health.The General Secretary is responsible in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operating rules

Article D1411-45-2

The term of office of the members of the National Health Conference is five years, and members may not serve for more than ten consecutive years. Any member who, during his term of office, dies, resig…

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