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Showing 391400 of 21704 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 11 Mar. 2008 – no. 07-10.590

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article R5322-11

…hold it determines; 9° Subsidies in excess of a threshold it determines; 10° Investment programmes; 11° Acquisitions, disposals, exchanges of real estate, leases and rentals concerning them and involv…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-115

Any shareholder has the right, under the conditions and within the time limits determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, to obtain communication of:1° The annual financial statements and the list of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article R225-114

…for in 1° in accordance with the procedures provided for in the second paragraph of Article R. 225-115 and, where applicable, in the second paragraph of Article R. 22-10-31.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Approval of drinking establishments

Article R4153-11

If the operator of the public house changes, the application for approval must be renewed.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Approval, transfer and cessation of business.

Article R522-11

The guarantee may be provided in full or in part in money, annuities, securities admitted to trading on a regulated market, or by a first mortgage on immovable property with a value double the sum gua…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compensation for distribution costs

Article 917-11

…107 and 108 of the Treaty, in particular those provided for in Chapter I and Article 54 of Section 11 relating to aid schemes for audiovisual works.Cinematographic works for which a direct allocation…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Contrat jeune en entreprise.

Article D5522-11

If the employment contract is terminated at the employer's initiative before the end of the period referred to in article D. 5522-7, the amount of the aid is repaid in full by the employer to the Stat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Terms and conditions governing the participation of army hospitals in the public hospital service

Article R6147-114

When the needs of the armed forces so require, the Minister of Defence takes back full control of all or part of the activities and equipment mentioned in article L. 6147-7. In this case, except in ex…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Guarantees granted at the end of the term of office

Article L7125-11

…ntioned in Article L. 5312-1 of the Labour Code in accordance with the provisions of l'article L. 5411-1 du même code; 2° Avoir repris une activité professionnelle lui procurant des revenus inférieurs…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Guarantees granted at the end of the term of office or the performance of duties

Article L7227-11

…ntioned in Article L. 5312-1 of the Labour Code in accordance with the provisions of l'article L. 5411-1 du même code; 2° Avoir repris une activité professionnelle lui procurant des revenus inférieurs…

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