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Showing 85018510 of 27005 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 6 Dec. 1994

French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article R211-16

…a majority of the members present or represented. However, those mentioned in 2° of article R. 211-6 may only be adopted by a majority of the members in office. Any member of a Board who, without val…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General scheme.

Article L313-17

…In cases where the approval of the special meetings referred to in articles L. 225-99 and L. 228-35-6 of the Commercial Code or of the general meetings of the masses constituted pursuant to article L.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article 723-35

…sed, the sentence enforcement judge may, in accordance with the procedures laid down by article 712-6, withdraw all or part of the sentence reductions from which he or she has benefited and order his…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Events and meetings subject to declaration

Article A331-17

…ificate to the administrative authority no later than six clear days before the start of the event; 6° Where applicable, the opinion of the delegating federation concerned in accordance with the condi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Reporting obligations

Article 982

…xpayers shall mention the gross value and the net taxable value of the assets mentioned in article 965 on the annual declaration provided for in article 170. They attach to this declaration schedules…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Receipt of applications for recognition and monitoring of convictions and probation decisions

Article 764-18

…any additional information that he considers useful. Where the certificate referred to in Article 764-6 is incomplete or manifestly does not correspond to the sentence or, where applicable, the proba…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to minimum capital requirements and eligible commitments

Article L613-44-1

…e compliance by the persons under its jurisdiction with the requirements set pursuant to Article L. 613-44 in coordination with the supervisory college. Where the resolution college, or the supervisor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-11

…nditions that do not comply with the second paragraph of article L. 1221-3 or with articles L. 1221-6 and L. 1221-7 if this medicinal product offers an improvement in terms of therapeutic efficacy or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: General provisions applicable to joint stock companies.

Article R224-2

In addition to the information listed in article L. 210-2, and without prejudice to any other useful provisions, the company's articles of association shall contain the following information:

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Distribution and supply of labile blood products.

Article R1222-24

…nister for Defence; 2° A pharmacist-biologist who satisfies the conditions laid down in Articles L. 6213-1 to L. 6213-6, works in an immuno-haematology laboratory associated with a labile blood produc…

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