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Showing 14311440 of 59844 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 5-1-2012 n° 10-12.741

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Notification of closed accounts, theft of cheques and cheque-writing bans

Article R733-10

…of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 131-32 and R. 131-33n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 131-34n° 2011-243 of 4 March 2011R. 131-35 to R. 131-37n° 2005-1007…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Protection of the account holder

Article L211-10

In the event of the opening of receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings against an intermediary referred to in Article L. 211-3, the court-appointed administrator or liquidator, together wit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Management

Article L214-102

I. - Subject to the limits and conditions laid down by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, a société civile de placement immobilier or a société d'épargne forestière may grant, over its assets, the guarante…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-108

The Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, must send or make available to shareholders the documents necessary to enable them to make informed judgements on the management and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Neurosurgery

Article R6123-103

Authorisation to carry out neurosurgical care activities may only be granted or renewed if the health establishment or health cooperation group can demonstrate, for neurosurgery, per site, an annual a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: National service.

Article L3142-100

In the event of failure to comply with the provisions of this paragraph, the injured party shall be entitled to damages fixed by the court, in addition to the redundancy payment.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IIa : Changing the sex indication in civil status records

Article 1055-6

An application to change the sex indication in civil status records and, where applicable, the first names, is a matter of non-contentious proceedings. The public prosecutor may appeal.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Joint committees

Article R2261-10

In the event of a dispute over the size of the delegations making up the joint committee, the Minister responsible for labour may set the maximum number of representatives per organisation in the summ…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Subscribing associations.

Article R141-10

The Association's General Meeting adopts the rules of professional conduct to which the members of the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee and the Association's salaried staff are bound, as we…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Addictovigilance

Article R5132-105

An order of the Minister for Health, issued on a proposal from the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé and after consultation with the Commissio…

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