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Showing 21612170 of 20648 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 1re – 16 July 1998 – no. 96-18404

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to non-trading property investment companies

Article L231-9

Failure by the directors of the management company of a société civile de placement immobilier to comply with the provisions of articles L. 214-114 and L. 214-96 is punishable by five years' imprisonm…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-31

The articles of association of companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market may not provide for higher quorums for meetings of their extraordinary general meeting than those in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article R5122-17

In the cases provided for in article R. 5122-16, a document containing the information provided for in 16° of article R. 3243-1 is given to the employee by the Agence de services et de paiement.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Sound and image recording of certain places or vehicles

Article 706-97

The decision authorising use of the device referred to in Article 706-96 includes all the information needed to identify the vehicles or private or public places targeted, the offence for which the me…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope of application

Article R4451-97

A worker intervening in an emergency situation is any worker who has been entrusted with one of the actions mentioned in Article R. 4451-96. These actions may not be entrusted to a pregnant or breastf…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Flat-rate grant.

Article L2334-7-1

…orresponding to the amounts previously received under I of D of article 44 of the 1999 Finance Act (no. 98-1266 du 30 décembre 1998), pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 5211-28-1. If these…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions

Article R5124-33

…hed to their pharmacy by virtue of an authorisation to open obtained before the date of 13 February 1998 may continue to operate the said establishment at the same time as their pharmacy as long as th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Validation and checks carried out by the presidents of the chambers of trades and crafts

Article R123-283

…ector under the derogation conditions provided for in the article 26 du décret n° 98-247 du 2 avril 1998 relatif à la qualification artisanale et au secteur des métiers et de l'artisanat, celle-ci se…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article R151-6

…Réunion in Mamoudzou; 2° In article R. 142-15, a of 5° is worded as follows: "3° In article R. 142-16: a) the references to the regional directorates for business, competition, consumer affairs, labo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Sound and image recording of certain places or vehicles

Article 706-98

Officers or agents of the judicial police or qualified agents responsible for carrying out the operations provided for in Article 706-96 are authorised to hold, for this purpose, devices falling withi…

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