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Showing 311320 of 40442 articles for Art. Cass. ass. plén. 24 April 1970 · Cass. 1re civ. 11 December 2001 · Cass. com. 24 January 2006 · Cass. com. 31 May 1988

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Financial investment advisers

Article R775-24

Article R. 541-11 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands as amended by Decree no. 2020-1148 of 17 September 2020.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Scientific Council and expert committees

Article R1313-24

…complete the term of office of the member being replaced. Subject to the provisions of article R. 1313-27, the duties of a member of the Scientific Advisory Board are performed free of charge.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General procedural rules

Article R331-24

…o the authority by virtue of the provisions of this sub-section or articles L. 137-4, L. 219-4, L. 331-29 to L. 331-31 and L. 331-33;-the purpose of the referral, which must be substantiated, and the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Quarantine and isolation measures

Article R3131-24

…subject of the measure and, where applicable, his or her lawyer, as well as the public prosecutor, may submit observations to the liberty and custody judge. At the end of this period, the liberty and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-24

…tenced persons covered by the provisions of Article 712-21, the sentence enforcement judge or court may, in accordance with the provisions of Article D. 574, ask the prison integration and probation s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R532-24

…having its registered office in mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte and Saint-Martin, wishes to establish a branch in another Member State of the European Union…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Revenue

Article L4425-24

…ial compensation for the investment costs transferred in application in particular of articles L. 4424-4, L. 4424-7, L. 4424-22 and L. 4424-23 of the present code, as well as article L. 722-17 of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Agreements relating to unemployment insurance.

Article L5422-24

I.-The resources mentioned in articles L. 5422-9, L. 5422-11 and L. 5424-20 finance, for the portion defined by the agreement mentioned in article L. 5422-20 and which may not be less than 10% of the…

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

Article L225-24

…nt of a vacancy caused by the death or resignation of one or more directors, the Board of Directors may, between two General Meetings, make provisional appointments. When the number of directors has f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-24

…the proposed transferee, the Board of Directors, the Management Board or the managers, as the case may be, are required, within three months of notification of the refusal, to arrange for the acquisi…

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