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Showing 721730 of 61564 articles for Art. Cass. com. 12 May 2004 · Cass. com. 19 October 1982 · Cass. 3e civ. 4 February 1976 · Cass. 3e civ. 2 June 1982

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Deregistration

Article R521-19

An application for cancellation of registration shall be made to the registrar who made the initial registration, even if the place of registration, the registered office, the principal place of busin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Closure of the judicial liquidation.

Article R643-19

…the liquidator shall file an end-of-assignment report under the conditions set out in Articles R. 626-39 and R. 626-40. Article R. 626-41 is applicable. When the judicial liquidator has been informed…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-19

…ivil and administrative proceedings from the date of referral to the Ombudsman. Pursuant to article 2238 of the French Civil Code, the statute of limitations shall begin to run again for a period of n…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Information.

Article L3121-19

…councillors a report, in whatever form, on each of the matters to be submitted to them. The reports may be made available to councillors who so wish by secure electronic means; this availability is th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 17: Nuclear medicine

Article D6124-193

…horisation holder is subject to the obligation of quality assurance defined in I of Article L. 1333-19.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for initiating resolution proceedings

Article L311-19

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 325-1, the resolution board may decide to withdraw all or part of the authorisation of a person subject to resolution proceedings, where appropriate a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Delegation of territorial chambers of commerce and industry

Article R711-19

…the general assembly of the territorial chamber of commerce and industry, the supervisory authority may decide that each delegation shall include at least one elected member per category or sub-catego…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Updates

Article L217-19

…and nature of the contract, in the case of a one-off supply of digital content or digital service; 2° For a period of two years from the time when the goods containing digital elements were delivered…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks and activities

Article R5126-19

The internal-use pharmacies of the establishments, services or organisations mentioned in 3° and 4° of Article R. 5126-1 may only be authorised to carry out the activities mentioned in 1° and 2° of I…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article R533-19

…esponsible for the economy, the information referred to in c and d of Article 51 of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 published by investment…

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