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Showing 451460 of 58756 articles for Art. Cass. com. 19 June 1984 · CA Paris 2 March 1984 · Cass. com. 2 May 1972 · Cass. civ. 9 May 1962

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable by court order

Article L237-19

If the members have been unable to appoint a liquidator, the liquidator shall be appointed by court order at the request of any interested party, under the conditions determined by decree in the Counc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Council of auction houses

Article L321-19

…nanced by the payment of professional fees paid by the persons mentioned in I and II of article L. 321-4 and based on the amount of gross fees received during the previous year for sales organised or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability

Article L526-19

Subject to the provisions of Article L. 123-54, the tariff of formalities for filing and transferring the declarations and recording the particulars referred to in this section and for filing and tran…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Assignment of the debtor's assets.

Article L642-19

…is likely to safeguard the debtor's interests. Where the sale takes place by public auction, it is carried out under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 322-2 or in the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Characterisation of infringements of rights

Article R331-19

I.-The application by which an online public communication service requests removal from the list referred to in I of Article L. 331-25 shall be sent to the Autorité de régulation de la communication…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Changes in scope and organisation.

Article L5211-19

A commune may withdraw from the public establishment for intercommunal cooperation, except in the case of an urban community or a metropolis, under the conditions laid down in article L. 5211-25-1, wi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prevention of conflicts of interest

Article R513-19

…ité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and its members of any links of any kind, in particular capital or commercial links, as well as offices held on a voluntary basis, between the members of it…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Terms and conditions of implementation

Article L6211-19

I. - When a medical biology laboratory is unable to carry out a medical biology examination, it shall transmit the biological samples to another medical biology laboratory for analysis and interpretat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Characteristic features of residential premises

Article R1331-19

Attics may be made available for residential use if they meet the following cumulative conditions:-the solidity of the floor guarantees the safety of occupancy ;-they meet the requirements for ceiling…

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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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