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Showing 37613770 of 39118 articles for Art. Cass. ch. mixte 29 June 2007 n° 05-21.104 · Cass. com. 20 June 2006 · Cass. com. 11 December 2007 n° 05-21.234 · Cass. com. 29 April 2014 n° 13-12.343 et n° 13-15.789 · Cass. com. 12 June 2019 n° 18-11.067

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to all national interest markets.

Article R761-18

A disciplinary board is set up in each market. Except in the case of a warning, the matter shall be referred to it by the authority competent, pursuant to article R. 761-19, to impose the penalty envi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article L626-20

…t of subrogation;3° Claims guaranteed by the lien established in the first paragraph of Article L. 611-11;4° Claims guaranteed by the lien established in 2° of III of Article L. 622-17 and in Article…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Decisions on placement under electronic surveillance, modification or withdrawal of the measure

Article R57-18

For the holding of the adversarial hearing provided for in the second paragraph of Article 723-13, the person's lawyer shall be summoned without delay and by any means.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-20

…mpted by resolution of the municipal council or the Paris council from the application of the rule set out in the first paragraph may not, in each arrondissement, relate to more than 50% of the housin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Business premises.

Article D4361-20

…fined in article D. 4361-19, the hearing-aid acoustician has the following equipment: 1° Audioprosthetic measurement equipment : a) A standardised class A tonal and vocal audiometer or an equivalent a…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Attachment

Article R222-18

The validity of the seizure-claim is subject to the conditions set out in Articles…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-4

An agreement to maintain undivided ownership requires the capacity or power to dispose of the undivided property. It may, however, be entered into on behalf of a minor, by his legal representative alo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for initiating resolution proceedings

Article L311-18

I.-The supervisory board and the members mentioned in 1° and 2° of I of Article L. 612-8-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code may refer the situation of a person mentioned in Article L. 311-1 to the r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Examination for admission to the traineeship.

Article R321-20

Those who meet the conditions set out in 1°, 2° and 3° of article R. 321-18 are eligible to sit the examination for admission to the training course mentioned in 4° of that article..

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Water and sanitation

Article R2564-20

The requirements of article R. 2224-10 must be satisfied, in Mayotte: - by 31 December 2020 at the latest for communes all or part of whose territory is included in a sanitation agglomeration whose po…

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