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Showing 851860 of 25376 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 7 Oct. 1997 – JurisData 1997-003951

French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Scope of expertise

Article L2315-78

The Social and Economic Committee may, where appropriate on the recommendation of the committees set up within it, decide to use the services of a chartered accountant or a qualified expert in the cas…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.

Article Annexe 7-6-1

…unt A mandatory deposit account assigned to each of the categories of funds mentioned in Article R. 743-178 of the Commercial Code is opened in the records of the Caisse des dépôts et consignations in…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: The commission for the examination of draft federal regulations relating to sports facilities

Article R142-7

…ties within the meaning of article D. 3334-8-1 of the Code général des collectivités territoriales; 7° An elected member of the Conseil national d'évaluation des normes provided for in article L. 1212…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obligations of members and the company.

Article R322-71

Except in application of the provisions of the first paragraph of Article R. 322-65 , under no circumstances may a member be required to pay more than the premium shown on his policy in the case of a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition

Article L612-7

…e Banque de France or the Deputy Governor appointed to represent him, the four members mentioned in 7° of Article L. 612-5 and two members appointed by the College from among the members mentioned in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Conditions for registration on the lists of judicial representatives.

Article R812-7

Under the provisions of Article L. 812-3, benefit from exemption from the examination for admission to the traineeship :

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Right to support

Article R5131-7

The derogations provided for in article L. 5131-4 concern cases where there is no local mission in all or part of the territory, or where a local mission ceases to operate, and cases where a local mis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations to be made by legal entities

Article R123-72

In the event of the transfer of their registered office, their principal place of business or a secondary place of business within the jurisdiction of another court, registered legal entities shall ap…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Decision on recognition and enforcement and enforcement and appeals.

Article 728-52

…the person to a custodial sentence or security measure as enforceable on French territory. Articles 728-37 to 728-39 and 728-42 to 728-44 are applicable. For the application of these same articles, th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Director.

Article R6145-7

…analysis of the institution's activity and costs provided for by the provisions of articles L. 6113-7 and L. 6113-8, a table showing, after analytical allocation of costs, the amount of operating cost…

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