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Showing 40214030 of 44559 articles for Art. Cass. com. 19 November 2002 · Cass. com. 5 May 2004

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Approval of sectoral collective agreements

Article L7343-50

…thout delay. The Competition Authority referred to inArticle L. 461-1 of the French Commercial Code may be consulted under the conditions laid down in Article L. 462-1 of the said Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Maintenance and operation of facilities

Article R1321-58

…six storeys, pressure boosters and pressure tanks complying with the provisions of article R. 1321-55 may be used. The provisions of this article do not apply to distribution systems existing before…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Approval procedure

Article R519-57

…n for authorisation is deemed to have been accepted. II - The updated list of approved associations may be consulted on the websites of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and the bod…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-58

…retary and a treasurer, who constitute the bureau. The number of members of the executive committee may be increased to seven or nine if the number of members of the regional company exceeds five hund…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Interdepartmental institution (R)

Article R5421-5

…gh its deliberations, settle matters within the competence of the interdepartmental institution. It may delegate some of its powers to the executive committee under the conditions set out in article L…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Counting of votes and declaration of results

Article R7343-53

…ation open the electronic ballot box publicly by activating the keys referred to in article R. 7343-50. The ballot box may only be opened if at least two keys have been activated, each by the member o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-5-1

…provision, the obligation to provide information on the transfer values mentioned in Article L. 132-5-3 may be validly fulfilled in b of 3° of the model prospectus attached to Article A. 132-4 as foll…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Innovation mutual funds.

Article R214-56

The management company may not, on behalf of a fund, carry out any transactions other than forward or spot purchases or sales of its assets which are not traded on a financial instruments market withi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-58

…to seek a balanced representation of women and men.In sociétés anonymes whose capital is less than 150,000 euros, the functions vested in the Management Board may be exercised by a single person.The M…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Prohibition on movement on French territory

Article L251-5

The administrative authority may revoke the ban on movement on French territory at any time. When the foreign national applies to have the ban on movement on French territory repealed, his application…

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