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Showing 391400 of 53735 articles for Art. Cass. com. 12 January 1999 · Cass. 1re civ. 20 December 2012 · Cass. com. 29 January 2002 · Cass. com. 3 May 2012

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation for creation, removal, modification or transfer

Article R5126-29

I.-The application for authorisation provided for in article L. 5126-4 is sent by the head of the organisation concerned to the Minister for Defence in the case of army hospitals and to the Minister f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The French Association of Credit Institutions and Investment Firms and other professional bodies

Article L511-29

…s and investment firms with a view to their approval under the conditions set out in Article L. 611-3-1.The Association française des établissements de crédit et des entreprises d'investissement may a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article L613-29

…liquidation proceedings concern a group consisting of a central body referred to in Article L. 511-30 and its affiliates, a single liquidator is appointed for the group consisting of this body and it…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction of the courts and proceedings before them

Article 29-4

…aised the nationality objection before a court which has stayed the proceedings pursuant to Article 29. The third party making the request must be implicated.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The form of declarations and filings and their processing by the keeper of the National Register of Companies

Article R123-293

…ipt of the validation. It informs the declarant of this via the single body mentioned in Article R. 123-1. Apart from cases giving rise to automatic registration, when the keeper of the National Compa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Agenda

Article L2315-29

The agenda for each meeting of the Social and Economic Committee is drawn up by the Chairman and the Secretary. Consultations made compulsory by law or regulation or by a collective labour agreement a…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 3: Seizure in the hands of a third party

Article R221-29

…unless he made the declaration at the time of the seizure. Within one month, the seizing creditor may contest the right of retention before the enforcement judge of the place where the third party l…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Use of the account for part-time work

Article D4163-29

…etermined by applying the coefficient for the reduction in working hours mentioned in article D. 4163-26, to the income from work as taken into account for determining the basis of contributions defin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate

Article R4422-29

Articles R. 4135-1 and R. 4135-2 are applicable to members of the Corsican economic, social, environmental and cultural council.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Elections to the boards of the various councils

Article R4125-29

If the Chairman or a member of the Executive Committee ceases to hold office for any reason whatsoever before the next half-yearly renewal, the Board concerned shall elect a new Chairman or a new memb…

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