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Showing 19711980 of 47269 articles for Art. Cass. ass. plén. 7 February 1986 · Cass. 1re civ. 4 March 1986 · Cass. com. 8 March 2017 n° 15-21.155 · Cass. 3e civ. 27 June 2001 · Cass. 1re civ. 27 November 2019 n° 18-18.402

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 7: Liquidation procedures other than safeguard and legal redress

Article A743-15

…the commercial court clerk in the context of a judicial liquidation procedure listed under number 143 of the table referred to in Article A. 743-8 gives rise to the collection of a principal fee, whi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Group governance system.

Article L356-18

…in Articles L. 322-2 and L. 322-3-2 for undertakings governed by the Insurance Code, Articles L. 114-21 and L. 211-13 of the Mutual Code for mutuals and unions governed by the Mutual Code and article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Information.

Article L4132-18

…er the conditions set out in the first paragraph. Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 4132-17, in urgent cases, the time limit provided for in the first paragraph may be shortened by the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Complaints

Article L4163-18

…he effectiveness or extent of his exposure to the occupational risk factors mentioned in article L. 4163-1, the employee may only submit a claim to the management body relating to the opening of the p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 3: Remuneration of the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator.

Article R663-18

…the safeguard or receivership proceedings, a fee determined by an order made pursuant to Article L. 444-3. If he is subsequently appointed as liquidator, he may not, as such, claim this remuneration.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement and services of the statutory auditor

Article R823-18

For audit certification engagements, in the event of disagreement between the statutory auditor(s) and the management of the audited person or entity on the amount of remuneration, the president of th…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Special provisions applicable to inter-municipal tourist offices in classified resorts.

Article R134-18

The draft budget is deemed to have been approved if none of the municipal councils to which the matter has been referred for approval has made known its disagreement within thirty days of receipt of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Authorities whose purpose is to combat excessive prices for essential foodstuffs

Article L2221-18

The internal regulations provide for the administrative organisation of the public service authority. It sets out the role and powers of the director. It determines the financial system, the accountin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Multi-annual territorial plan for risk management and healthcare system efficiency

Article R1441-18

The preparation, monitoring and evaluation of the territorial multi-annual plan for risk management and the efficiency of the healthcare system are carried out by a territorial commission for risk man…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Holders of the state diploma

Article D4321-18

…to successful completion of a first university year and obtaining 60 European credits from the 2016-2017 academic year. The conditions for admission to these institutes are set by order of the ministe…

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