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Showing 37313740 of 39348 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 15 May 2012 – no. 11-18.330

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article L22-10-11

…exercised by the latter; 6° Agreements between shareholders of which the company is aware and which may result in restrictions on the transfer of shares and the exercise of voting rights; 7° Rules app…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIa: Customs detention and criminal proceedings

Article L716-11-2

…f the exercise of which the offence was committed. Corporate entities found to be criminally liable may also be ordered, at their own expense, to remove from commercial channels the objects found to b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D513-11-2

…the donation with the establishment or organisation mentioned in the first paragraph. This consent may be revoked at any time, prior to any operation involving the preparation of faeces. The donor ma…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for authorisation and practice

Article D513-11-8

Establishments or organisations authorised under Article L. 513-11-1 shall send the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé an annual activity repor…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article D71-111-14

…n of article L. 71-111-11, when the investment section of the budget shows a surplus, the following may be written back to the operating section:- the proceeds from the disposal of a fixed asset recei…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D513-11-1

For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply 1° "Collection": the collection of faeces as defined in 2°, under the responsibility of the establishment or body mentioned in A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2141-11-1

…vided for in article L. 2142-1 to carry out a biological activity of medically assisted procreation may obtain the authorisation provided for in this article.Only gametes and germ tissue collected and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 11-2

…à 50 %Brown-Séquard syndrome: depending on the extent of sensory motor and genito-sexual disorders.15 à 50 %B. - Hemispheric, truncal or cerebellar originComplete quadriplegia.Not less than 95Incompl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article L71-113-3

…5° The remuneration of local authority staff;6° Under the conditions set out in Article 88-1 of Law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service, expenditur…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIX: Procedure applicable to sexual offences and the protection of minors who are victims

Article D47-11-4

…low the public prosecutor to notify the head of the prison in accordance with articles D. 77 and D. 158, the family court judge or the children's judge shall inform this magistrate of decisions to wit…

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