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Showing 10511060 of 54357 articles for Art. Cass. com. 16 January 1996 · Cass. com. 6 June 1972 · Cass. com. 2 July 2002 n° 00-18.243

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to non-trading property investment companies

Article L231-16

Failure by the directors of a management company to request the appointment of one or more of the company's statutory auditors is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 9,000 euros.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Creation of delegated communes within a new commune

Article L2113-16

The council of the delegated commune is chaired by the delegated mayor.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compulsory licences in the interests of public health

Article R613-16

The Commission shall give its decision within two months of the date on which the decision referred to it is received by its secretariat.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Eligible training courses and use of the account

Article L6323-16

The training courses eligible for the personal training account are those mentioned in article L. 6323-6.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article LO6471-16

Only expenditure necessary to pay debts due and expenditure for which the law has expressly so decided are obligatory for the local authority. The territorial audit chamber, seized either by the repre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Failure to adopt or transmit the budget (R)

Article R1612-16

…e State representative refers a matter to the regional audit chamber, in accordance with article L. 1612-2, it shall attach to this referral all the information and documents referred to in articles D…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Use of automated external defibrillators by non-physicians

Article R6311-16

The Minister for Health organises an evaluation of the way in which automated external defibrillators are used by collecting data transmitted by emergency teams. This data relates, in particular, to t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5122-16

…tions for granting, suspending or withdrawing the advertising approval provided for in article L. 5122-8 ; 2° The procedures for applying article L. 5122-9 ; 3° The conditions under which free samples…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Implementation

Article L224-16

The collective company pension savings plan may be set up in the form of an inter-company plan under the conditions set out in Chapter III of Title III of Book III of Part Three of the French Labour C…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Telephone canvassing and commercial prospecting

Article L221-16

Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 221-12, a trader who contacts a consumer by telephone with a view to concluding a contract for the sale of goods or the provision of a service shall i…

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