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Showing 10411050 of 51146 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 2 Nov. 2011 – no. 10-22.859

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article R15-10

Within fifteen days of receiving the request, the chairman shall assign the report to one of the members of the commission.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administration of Caisse des dépôts et consignations.

Article R518-10

The Chief Executive Officer may delegate some of his powers to staff occupying the posts mentioned in article R. 518-3. He may delegate his signature to employees under his authority, including in mat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The decision or opinion of the departmental committee.

Article R752-10

If the application for authorisation to operate a business within the meaning of articles R. 752-4 to R. 752-6 is complete, the commission secretariat shall inform the mayor. In the absence of any inf…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-10

When calculating their prudential technical provisions, within the meaning of Article L. 351-2, insurance and reinsurance undertakings shall take account of the value of financial guarantees and any o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Exclusion of specialised cinemas

Article D311-10

…opted for the specialisation provided for in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The impact of multiple managers and transactions

Article L481-10

…ket is less than 5% throughout the period during which the anti-competitive practice was committed; 2° Application of Article L. 481-9 would irremediably compromise its economic viability and cause it…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Bodies of the commune

Article L2573-10

The articles L. 2123-34 and L. 2123-35 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Act no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 on involvement in local life and the pro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Harvesting haematopoietic cells from bone marrow or peripheral blood from a minor donor

Article R1241-10

…president of the judicial court or his or her delegate under the conditions defined in articles R. 1231-2 and R. 1231-3. In the event of a life-threatening emergency, the consent of each of the person…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Penalties

Article R6114-10

…1.This penalty is recovered and entered in the accounts by the fund referred to in articles L. 174-2, L. 174-2-1 or L. 174-18 or L. 752-1 of the Social Security Code and by the funds referred to in a…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Supporting documents and other evidence of the absence of grounds for exclusion

Article R2343-10

…igin or establishment do not issue the supporting documents and evidence referred to in Articles R. 2143-7 to R. 2143-9 and Article R. 2343-8, or where these do not mention all the grounds for exclusi…

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