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Showing 951960 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 Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Professional ethics

Article L722-20

Commercial court judges shall take care to prevent or immediately put an end to situations of conflict of interest. A conflict of interest is any situation of interference between a public interest an…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R823-20

The results of some of the laboratory's work may give rise to the issue of reports.The procedures for applying this article shall be specified by an order of the Minister responsible for industry.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Financial provisions.

Article L2512-20

…and Three. The City of Paris is also subject to articles L. 5217-10-1 to L. 5217-10-15 and L. 5217-12-2 to L. 5217-12-5 as well as the list of compulsory expenditure for communes and départements men…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: The mayor

Article L2541-20

The mayor exercises the attributions falling under the administration of the State which are entrusted to him by law or regulations as well as those referred to him by the decisions of the representat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Rent reviews.

Article R145-20

The request for a rent review provided for in article L. 145-37 is made by extrajudicial act or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. It shall specify, under penalty of nullity, the am…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Canvassing offences

Article L754-20

…in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In their wording resulting from L. 353-1 and 2 Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 353-3 Act no. 2003-706 of 1 August 2003 L. 353-4 law…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial guarantee.

Article L7123-20

The financial guarantee may only result from a guarantee undertaking given by a mutual guarantee company, a collective guarantee organisation, an insurance company, a bank or a financial institution a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conciliation procedure.

Article R1142-20

The matter is referred to the Commission by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The request for conciliation must state the name and address of the applicant, the name and address of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Electronic voting.

Article R723-20

…ng operation is based on the electoral lists drawn up by the commission referred to in article L. 723-3. The voters' file enables the prefect to send each voter the authentication instruments mentione…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Local organisation

Article R515-20

The agency may open representative offices in the countries where it operates. The work of these representations is carried out within the framework of the coordination and coordination mission carrie…

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