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Showing 15111520 of 30216 articles for Art. Cass. ch. mixte 9-7-2004 n° 02-16.302

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Savings and provident institutions

Article L512-90

The Caisses d'Epargne et de Prévoyance are managed by an Executive Board under the supervision of a Supervisory Board. The latter is known as the Guidance and Supervisory Board. The Guidance and Super…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Contract for the sale of travel and holidays.

Article R211-9

When, before the traveller's departure, the organiser or retailer is obliged to make a change to one of the essential elements of the contract, if he cannot meet the specific requirements mentioned in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Simplified joint stock companies.

Article L227-9

The Articles of Association determine the decisions that must be taken collectively by the shareholders in the forms and under the conditions that they provide. However, the powers vested in the extra…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L511-90

The committees referred to in Article L. 511-89 are made up of members of the board of directors, the supervisory board or any other body exercising equivalent supervisory functions who do not exercis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Borrowings by social housing management bodies

Article L752-9

I. - Loans taken out with credit institutions by social housing management bodies and their groupings as well as by all companies and bodies over which they exercise control as a result of ownership r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Borrowings by social housing management bodies

Article L753-9

I. - Loans taken out with credit institutions by social housing management bodies and their groupings, as well as by all companies and bodies over which they exercise control as a result of ownership…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Ongoing evaluation of the criteria for granting early access authorisation and transmission of new data

Article R5121-71

In order to be able to continuously assess the criteria mentioned in I of Article L. 5121-12, the Haute Autorité de santé and, where applicable, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Performance of duties

Article R6152-707

Practitioners recruited on the basis of 3° of article L. 6152-1 employed on a full-time basis devote their entire professional activity to the service of the employing public health establishment, wit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Performance of duties

Article R6152-708

The weekly service of practitioners recruited on the basis of 3° of article L. 6152-1 is set at ten half-days per week when they work full-time and between four and nine half-days per week when they w…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-4

The cinematographic or audiovisual works for which the occurrence of a loss may give rise to the allocation of aid from the compensation fund meet the following conditions:1° Be eligible, depending on…

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