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Showing 41214130 of 44027 articles for Art. Cass. com. 17 November 2009 · Cass. 3e civ. 3 March 1993

French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 6: Financial guarantee.

Article R211-30

Any natural or legal person registered in the register referred to in article L. 141-3 must hold a financial guarantee issued by a single guarantor. The financial guarantee extends to activities carri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Establishments authorised to retrieve tissues for therapeutic purposes.

Article R1242-3

…eval activity and the hospital coordinator(s) may be the same as those provided for in article R. 1233-7 ; 3° Have at their disposal, either directly or through agreements with other health establishm…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Beneficial owner

Article R561-3

…or this purpose, to hold, directly or indirectly, more than 25% of the capital of the legal entity; 3° They have the power to appoint or dismiss the majority of the members of the administrative, mana…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D6211-3

…xtual interpretation appear in a report which includes the information mentioned in Article R. 6222-3, the identification information mentioned in Article D. 6211-2 and the identification of the signi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-34

…t ballot, by the candidate appearing on the same list immediately after the last candidate elected; 3° Where the appointment took place by one of the methods provided for in 2° to 4° of III of Article…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Recognition of European investigation decisions

Article 694-34

…or involve the use of information that has been classified pursuant to the provisions of article 413-9 of the Penal Code and relating to intelligence activities, the provisions of articles 694-4 and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L4231-3

…council who has ceased to be chairman of the regional council pursuant to Articles L. 2122-4 or L. 3221-3 may not receive a delegation until the end of their term of office as a regional councillor o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Portage salarial

Article R1254-3

…l status of the company and, where applicable, the location of the branch, agency or branch office; 3° The effective date of the proposed transaction; 4° The surnames, first names, residences and nati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: General provisions relating to import and export.

Article R1235-3

…2° The designation of the organ, mentioning, where applicable, whether it is a right or left organ; 3° The purpose or purposes, as referred to in Articles L. 1211-1 and L. 1235-1, for which the organ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Establishment in France of persons authorised to conduct voluntary sales of movable property by public auction in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article A321-37

…r submits a traineeship report to the Board, drawn up in accordance with the model set out in Annex 3-5 to this book. The Council recognises the applicant's qualification when the results of the asses…

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