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Showing 56415650 of 56586 articles for Art. Cass. com. 12-1-1967 n° 65-10.196

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Legal proceedings

Article L615-14-1

If the offences defined in Article L. 615-14, or if the offender is or has been bound by agreement with the injured party, the penalties incurred are increased to double. The offenders may, in additio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Statutory Auditors.

Article R820-1-1

For the purposes of this Title, the term "engagements" means the engagements referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 820-1-1 and the term "services" refers to services and attestations provid…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members

Article D2352-13

The appointment of the members of the special negotiating body shall be notified to the managers of the company, subsidiary or establishment in which the employees' representatives work or, where appl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members

Article D2372-13

The appointments of the members of the special negotiation body are notified to the managers of the company, subsidiary or establishment in which the employee representatives work or, where applicable…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Provision to the establishments mentioned in article L. 3221-4 of the assets allocated to the public service for combating mental illnesses

Article R3221-13

Where only part of a building belonging to the State or the département is made available, the establishments referred to in article L. 3221-4 may only carry out enlargement or demolition work with th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L622-1

I.-The administration of the company is carried out by its manager. II.-When the court, in application of the provisions of Article L. 621-4, appoints one or more administrators, it instructs them tog…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Approval and authorisation

Article R532-1

I. - To obtain authorisation as an investment firm, the applicant shall send the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution its application drawn up in accordance with the conditions laid down i…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Cognitive acts

Article 1380

The recognitive deed does not dispense with the presentation of the original title unless its content is specially stated therein. What it contains that is additional to or different from the original…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Payment with subrogation

Article 1346

Subrogation takes place by operation of law alone in favour of the person who, having a legitimate interest therein, pays whenever his payment discharges from liability to the creditor the person on w…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Approvals

Article L321-10-1

In order to grant a reinsurance undertaking the administrative authorisation provided for in Article L. 321-1-1, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution des entreprises d'assurance shall…

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