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Showing 101110 of 47213 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26 May 1992 · Cass. com. 19 November 1975 n° 74-10.116 · CAA Nantes 26 May 2004 · Cass. com. 19 February 1979 · Cass. com. 6 June 1972 · Cass. com. 16 January 1985 · CA Paris 17 January 2008

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-26

…pany prefers, after the transfer, to buy back the shares without delay, with a view to reducing its capital.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Committees - Representation on outside bodies.

Article LO6221-26

…on of information and evaluation tasked with gathering information on a matter of interest to the local authority or with carrying out an evaluation of a public service of the local authority. The sam…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Committees - Representation on outside bodies.

Article LO6321-26

…on of information and evaluation tasked with gathering information on a matter of interest to the local authority or with carrying out an evaluation of a public service of the local authority. The sam…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article R223-26

…itialled, either by a judge of the commercial court, or by a judge of the judicial court, or by the mayor of the municipality in which the registered office is located or a deputy mayor, in the ordina…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Committees - Representation on outside bodies.

Article LO6431-26

The Territorial Council appoints its members or delegates to sit on outside bodies in the cases and under the conditions provided for by the provisions governing these bodies. The fixing by the aforem…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Shared functions

Article R6132-19-6

…opinion from the grouping's strategic committee, the director general of the regional health agency may, with regard to the intentions and capacities of all the establishments that are part of the gro…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Accelerated procedure

Article R531-26

When the accelerated procedure is implemented in application of article L. 531-26, the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons informs the applicant of this when he is summo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and operation of the College of Experts

Article R1142-63-19

…lth for a renewable term of three years. The chairman of the college is not subject to the hierarchical authority of the chairman of the board of directors or the director of the Office national d'ind…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Termination of management (R)

Article R2221-26

In the cases provided for in l'article L. 2221-7, the director of a public service company responsible for the operation of an industrial and commercial public service or the chairman of the board of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Exceptional aid to help offset the fall in activity in 2020

Article 919-26

…istribution companies that :1° Have distributed at least three cinematographic works during 2018, 2019 and 2020;2° Have distributed a cinematographic work released in cinematographic theatres in 2020…

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