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Showing 771780 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 Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Publication formalities.

Article R210-16

Advertisement by means of notices or announcements shall be made, as appropriate, by insertions in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales or in a medium authorised to receive legal…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandate

Article L722-6-2

The office of commercial court judge is incompatible with holding office as a representative in the European Parliament.It is also incompatible with holding office as a regional councillor, department…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General powers

Article R3551-6-2

…res in compliance with the provisions of the national reference guides mentioned in article R. 3551-6-13, the risk analysis and coverage plan and the operational regulations.On-call personnel are like…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Simplified group action procedure

Article L623-16

…sumers who have accepted compensation, of the decision given within the time limit set, Articles L. 623-19 and L. 623-20 are applicable and acceptance of compensation under the terms of the decision c…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2-1: Establishing the biological profile of athletes falling within the scope of Article L. 230-3

Article R232-67-2

…hibited substances or methods appearing on the list referred to in the last paragraph of article L. 232-9 may only be provided, by means of the biological profile, in compliance with the provisions of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sociétés d'investissement à capital variable d'actionnariat salarié (open-ended investment companies with employee share ownership)

Article L214-166

…y or by any company affiliated to it under the conditions set out in articles L. 3344-1 and L. 3344-2 of the Labour Code. The fourth and fifth paragraphs of II of article L. 214-165 of this Code apply…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Removal of goods from their place of detention

Article R512-16

…e laboratory, which may take precautionary measures pursuant to the order mentioned in Article R. 512-12.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 9: Special provisions for forestry savings companies governed by Article L. 214-121.

Article R214-167

…or a company whose sole purpose is to hold woodland and forests, the second paragraph of article R. 214-166 also applies to the forest assets of the forestry group or the company whose sole purpose is…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-16

The authorisation holder shall inform the Director General of the Agency of the commencement of the activity covered by the authorisation. He shall also inform him of the definitive cessation of this…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Chairman and Vice-Chairman

Article R1423-16

…of Chairman or Vice-Chairman of a section or chamber for one of the reasons listed in Article R. 1423-15, the industrial tribunal members of the section or chamber meet in a section or chamber assemb…

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