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Showing 85018510 of 24422 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 20 Sept. 2011 – no. 10-21.623

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article R225-120

…days before the subscription closes in accordance with the procedures set out in Regulation (EU) No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017 and shall be exempt from the formalities set out in the preceding paragrap…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification procedure.

Article R1123-23

I.-The Committee to which a request for an opinion on a research project involving the human person has been submitted shall give its opinion within a period of forty-five days. If the Committee remai…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
1. Board of Directors.

Article R1142-46

…e resulting from the application of articles L. 1142-3, L. 1142-14, L. 1142-15, L. 1142-17, L. 1142-20, L. 1142-21, L. 1142-24-6, L. 1142-24-7, L. 1142-24-16, L. 1142-24-17, L. 1221-14, L. 3111-9, L.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-27

…the offences provided for in the Highway Code or in the articles 221-6,221-6-1,222-19,222-19-1,222-20-1,225-10-1,227-3 à 227-11,311-3,314-5,314-6,431-1,431-4and 434-10 of the Penal Code and L. 3421-1…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information, commercial practices, contracts and credit

Article L511-6

…apters I, II, III, IV, V, VI and VII of Title I of Book II;4° Sections 2a, 3, 5, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 and subsections 3 and 4 of Section 6 of Chapter IV of Title II of Book II;5° Chapter VI of Title…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-9

…aging a compulsory social security scheme and by those mentioned in articles 1106-9,1234-8 and 1234-20 of the Rural Code;benefits listed in II of Article 1 of Ordinance no. 59-76 of 7 January 1959 rel…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to establishments organising underwater diving using air, oxygen or mixtures other than air

Article A322-80

…to return to the surface and remain there. In the natural environment, each supervised diver above 20 metres and each autonomous diver is equipped with : - diving equipment enabling a team member to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V quinquies : Duties levied for the benefit of the Caisse nationale de l'assurance maladie (National Health Insurance Fund)

Article 1635 bis AF

…mendment of registration is set, under the same conditions, within the respective limits of 60% and 20% of the fee charged for an application for registration. III. - Payment of the fee is accompanied…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: CONTROL OF THE HOLDING OF SECURITIES

Article L812-3

…e assisted by the judicial police officers and deputy judicial police officers mentioned in Article 20 and 1° of Article 21 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R764-2

…g provisions are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.Articles applicableIn…

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