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Showing 51315140 of 48231 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26 April 1984 · Cass. com. 4 May 1982 · CA Grenoble 21 December 2006

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Supervision and inspection.

Article R811-41

Regional inspecting magistrates carry out inspections at the request of the Government Commissioner or the coordinating magistrate. They may also carry out inspections on their own initiative. They sh…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 433-6

The amount of aid may not exceed €50,000.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for exercising the right to vote and stand for election and rules applicable to the conduct of the ballot for the election of staff representatives to the Board of Directors

Article A211-41

…stand for election to the three colleges. Staff on availability, long-term leave or parental leave may not take part in the ballot. Members of one college may neither vote in another college nor be c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Creation and local management of services and facilities

Article L3633-4

The metropolis of Lyon may delegate, by agreement, the creation or management of certain facilities or services within its remit to one or more municipalities located within its territory, to one or m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Research and technological development

Article R4252-4

At the request of the committee, the heads of the State's regional services and the regional academic delegate for research and innovation or, in French Guyana, the regional delegate for research and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Coordination of supervision of relations between regulated professions and their clients

Article L612-47

…ns and services mentioned in 1° in order to identify risk factors and the monitoring of advertising campaigns relating to these products; 4° To provide a common point of entry authorised to receive re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General justification for categories of medical procedures using ionising radiation

Article R1333-47

I.-In liaison with healthcare professionals, the Minister for Health or the body designated by him draws up and distributes a guide defining the medical indications justifying procedures exposing pati…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors

Article R114-4

…ending on whether there are twenty or twenty-five members: 1° Six or seven representatives of the local authorities: a) The president of the regional council of the region in which the centre's head o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 13: Access to payment accounts

Article L133-41

I. - Provided that their payment account is accessible online, payment service users may access their payment account data via a payment service provider of their choice providing the account informat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation.

Article R512-4

The following may join the caisses de crédit agricole mutuel:1° Agricultural cooperative societies and associations thereof;2° Associations syndicales with an exclusively agricultural purpose, their u…

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