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Showing 26712680 of 47383 articles for Art. Cass. com. 19 June 2012 n° 11-13.176 · Cass. 1re civ. 3 December 1996 · Cass. com. 18 February 1997 · Cass. com. 19 March 2013 n° 11-26.566 · Cass. 3e civ. 28 February 2012 n° 11-10.705

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-19

…to supervise an investment service provider benefiting from the regime provided for in Article L. 532-18-1, the competent authorities of the home country to which it belongs may require its branches…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration of the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article A663-19

In accordance with the provisions of article R. 663-19, the liquidator appointed pursuant to the provisions of article L. 641-1, shall receive, for the entire judicial liquidation procedure, the fee p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Ethics, Science and Education Committee

Article R1261-19

I.-The ethics, scientific and teaching committee of the body's host structure comprises between ten and twenty members divided into two colleges: 1° A college made up of leading figures from the estab…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-19

The certified accounts of the bodies mentioned in 4° of Article L. 4425-18 are transmitted to the Corsican regional authority. They are communicated by the Corsican regional authority to the elected m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Expression of wishes relating to the end of life

Article R1111-19

…decision to limit or stop treatment as part of the collegiate procedure defined in article R. 4127-37-2.II - To this end, the advance directives may be filed and kept, if the person who drew them up…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Direct allowances

Article 411-19

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-19

…ion and processing of accounting and financial information, without prejudice to its independence ; 3° It issues a recommendation on the statutory auditors proposed for appointment by the general meet…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks and authorisation

Article R2131-19

…s of the foetopathological examinations carried out. If the certificates mentioned in articles R. 2131-2, R. 2131-18, R. 2131-23 and R. 2131-26-1 are drawn up , a copy of these is kept by the centre.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and penalties

Article D784-19

…ight-hand column of the same table:Article applicableIn the version resulting from the decreeD. 621-37-1-2 and D. 621-37-1-3n° 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Quarantine and isolation measures

Article R3131-19

I. - Subject to the powers of the Prefect of Police referred to inarticle 73-1 of decree no. 2004-374 of 29 April 2004 on the powers of prefects and the organisation and operation of State services in…

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