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Showing 43014310 of 25376 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 7 Oct. 1997 – JurisData 1997-003951

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility

Article L22-10-77

I.-In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the Ordinary General Meeting responsible for approving the financial statements for the financial year and the general partn…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Management Board

Article L6143-7-3

I. The chairman of the hospital medical committee is the vice-chairman of the hospital board.II.The chairman of the hospital medical committee has the following duties and responsibilities:1° In conju…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: French Anti-Doping Agency

Article L232-7-2

The Sanctions Committee of the French Anti-Doping Agency comprises ten members appointed by decree: 1° Four members of the administrative and judicial courts: a) Two members of the Conseil d'Etat, inc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D214-32-7-3

…lay, of the acquisition of control by the AIF and of the information mentioned in Article D. 214-32-7-2. The AIF or its management company shall ensure that this is the case.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Investigation, authorisation, refusal, renewal

Article R5121-74-1

I.- When examining any request for authorisation for compassionate access, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé has the prerogatives set out…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4 : Smoothing or spreading devices

Article 75-0 C

…the year of cessation and the following four years: 1° The sums deducted in application of articles 72 D, 72 D bis, 72 D ter and 73, which have not yet been used and added to the immediately taxable p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Information for holders

Article L224-7-1

…ey have subscribed to during their lifetime. The online service mentioned in III of article L. 161-17 of the Social Security Code provides access to this information at any time. A directory is create…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 13-7

…ended to intentionally cause risks or inconveniences for the interests mentioned in article L. 1333-7.Activation: a process by which a stable nuclide is transformed into a radionuclide by irradiating…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D214-32-7-2

The notification referred to in Article D. 214-32-7-1 shall contain the following information:1° The consequences of the transaction on voting rights ;2° The terms of the acquisition of control, in pa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D214-32-7-13

…urchase of shares or acquisition of its own shares by the company, as defined in articles D. 214-32-7-14 and D. 214-32-7-15; 2° Does not vote, within the governing bodies of the company concerned, in…

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