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Showing 661670 of 44559 articles for Art. Cass. com. 19 November 2002 · Cass. com. 5 May 2004

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to secure electronic devices enabling a dematerialised official report to be drawn up

Article A37-19-1

…ought before the competent court, the report drawn up with the device provided for in Article A. 37-19 is, at the request of the authority to which the complaint is made, printed on a white sheet of p…

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

Article L225-19

…n express provision in the Articles of Association, the number of directors over the age of seventy may not exceed one third of the directors in office.Any appointment made in breach of the provisions…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Creation of delegated communes within a new commune

Article L2113-19

The provisions of Chapter III of Title II of Book I of this Part relating to the mayor and his deputies are also applicable to the deputy mayors and their deputies respectively. However, for the appli…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Approval of the employer referred to in 5° of Article L. 7124-1

Article R7124-19-2

…commission whose composition and mode of operation are determined in section 3 of this chapter. It may also suspend approval pursuant to article R. 7124-19-4. The authorisation includes the name of t…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: The orientation hearing

Article R322-19

…le no later than one month before the date set for the auction. Failing this, the enforcement judge may, at the request of the pursuing creditor, postpone the date of the forced sale hearing. Where a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3122-19

…ailing that, a collective agreement at branch level, or an agreement concluded at territorial level may provide for the possibility of employing employees between 9 p.m. and midnight.This agreement pr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article L612-19

…nce. Where necessary, by virtue of their involvement in the functions of the Banque de France, they may be subject to those of the Statute of the Banque de France.The Authority's departments constitut…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Implementation by application of an agreement

Article R5212-19

…he total amount of the contributions, excluding the amount of expenditure deducted under article L. 5212-11, the employer shall pay the bodies mentioned in articles L. 213-1 and L. 752-4 of the Social…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-19

To benefit from the priority right provided for in article L. 145-17, the tenant must, on vacating the premises or, at the latest within three months thereafter, notify the landlord of his wish to use…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Fate of preserved gametes and germ tissue

Article R2141-19

…ation will be carried out. The person mentioned in the first paragraph is also informed that he/she may consent to a gamete donation, to research on his/her gametes or germ tissue and to the end of th…

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