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Showing 35613570 of 20367 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 16 June 2022

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Work permit categories and authorised professional activities

Article R5221-6

…R. 431-16 of the same code.

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

Article R211-6

…r performance of all the travel services included in the contract in accordance with article L. 211-16 and that they are obliged to provide assistance to the traveller if he is in difficulty, in accor…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The Regional Plan for Spatial Planning, Sustainable Development and Equality

Article L4251-5

…ed to in Title I of Book II of Part Five;4° The public establishments referred to in Article L. 143-16 of the town planning code;5° Local authorities with special status located within the territory o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Agency System Steering Committee

Article R1411-58-1

…onal de la santé et de la recherche médicale;15° The Chairman of the High Council for Public Health;16° A representative of the Directors General of the Regional Health Agencies, appointed by the Coll…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for exercising the right to vote and stand for election and rules applicable to the conduct of the ballot for the election of members of the Board of Directors

Article A211-2

…6°, which is responsible for appointing two representatives of the staff mentioned inarticle R. 131-16 of the French Sports Code, there are two sub-colleges, the first made up of the heads of the esta…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-100-1

…e annual accounts.II. - Where the company prepares consolidated accounts pursuant to Article L. 233-16, the consolidated management report shall give an account of the information mentioned in this Ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors

Article L1424-27

…on of the budget and the administrative account in application of the provisions of the articles L. 1612-1 to L. 1612-20, as well as those referred to in articles L. 1424-26 and L. 1424-35.The maximum…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares

Article L22-10-59

…eaning of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/EC of the Eur…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article L824-13

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R121-12

For the adoption of the amending resolutions provided for in 4° of article R. 121-9 and those relating to building leases provided for in 9° of the same article, recourse to a procedure for consulting…

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