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Showing 23212330 of 36440 articles for Art. Cass. com. 23 mai 2006 n° 04-19551

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Approvals and changes to shareholdings

Article R612-20-1

…ing an institution for collective occupational retirement provision mentioned in Article 8 of Order 2006-344 of 23 March 2006 relating to supplementary occupational retirement provision and authorised…

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

Article L225-44

Subject to articles L. 225-21-1, L. 225-22, L. 225-23, L. 225-27 and L. 225-27-1, directors may not receive from the company any remuneration, permanent or otherwise, other than that provided for in a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Programming commitments subject to approval

Article R212-39

…examine the implementation of the programming commitments mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 212-23, the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée refers the matter to the Film…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article R3332-19

…company is determined in accordance with the procedures set out in articles R. 3332-22 and R. 3332-23. The employer informs the employees individually of this appraised value, of its evolution in rel…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1a: Additional dispensing of oral contraceptives by pharmacists

Article R5134-4-1

…contraceptive in question is not on the list referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 5125-23-1; 2° The prescription is less than one year old. The additional dispensing period carried out by…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article R612-29-3

…of the appointment or reappointment of the natural persons mentioned in I and II of Article L. 612-23-1 within fifteen days of their appointment or reappointment.The undertakings mentioned in I and I…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L313-30

…company that assigns or pledges business receivables under the conditions set out in article L. 313-23 may, at any time, issue securities intended for the use of all or part of the loans granted. Succ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Operation

Article L23-114-2

…ars on the electoral propaganda of employee trade union organisations in accordance with Article L. 23-112-2 and former members of the Commission also benefit from this protection, under the condition…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Provisions relating to the insurance of vehicles in international traffic and certain other vehicles.

Article R*211-25

In the case of vehicles belonging to a foreign State, the evidence provided for in article R. 211-23 may be replaced by the production of a certificate stating that the vehicle belongs to that State a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Illegal businesses

Article R352-34-1

…ed to in Article L. 327-3 of this Code,Article L. 212-24 of the French Mutual Code orArticle L. 931-23 of the French Social Security Code against the buildings owned by that undertaking.

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