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Showing 691700 of 36918 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 4 Feb. 2014 – no. 12-14.466

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Territorial professional health communities

Article L1434-12-1

The territorial health professional community referred to in article L. 1434-12 is set up in the form of an association governed by the law of 1st July 1901 or, if its registered office is located in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Territorial professional health communities

Article L1434-12-2

I.-The territorial professional health community referred to in article L. 1434-12 may be required, under an agreement signed with the regional health agency and the local primary health insurance fun…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Language of filings.

Article R123-120-1

Where the company has its registered office in one of the Member States of the European Community or parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, the deeds and documents may, at its request…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article L1615-12

…rial authority or public establishment that has entered into a contract provided for in article L. 1414-1 benefits from the VAT compensation fund on the portion of the remuneration paid to its co-cont…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Acts and decisions subject to the procedure provided for in Article 696-114

Article 696-122

However, the Deputy European Public Prosecutor is competent to order the following measures, ex officio or at the request of the person under investigation:

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement and progress of the receivership.

Article L631-12

…ne and in full and where each of the thresholds mentioned in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 621-4 is reached, the court appoints one or more experts to assist them in their management mission. In…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Simplified group action procedure

Article R623-12

…or, in the event of default, in favour of the association that will have been substituted for him; 4° An indication that a consumer who has accepted compensation under the terms of the judgment will…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article LO6262-12

…ovisions of the preceding paragraphs are implemented, the procedure provided for in Article LO 6262-4 is not applicable.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article LO6362-12

…ovisions of the preceding paragraphs are implemented, the procedure provided for in Article LO 6362-4 is not applicable.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Issue of the licence and prior declaration

Article R7123-12

…ablishment of the modelling agency; 3° The full names and home addresses of the agency's directors; 4° The name of the organisation or organisations to which the modelling agency pays social security…

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