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Showing 441450 of 24215 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26-10-1964 n° 63-11.153

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Practice of the profession.

Article R4127-269

Subject to the application of articles R. 4127-210, R. 4127-247, R. 4127-248 and R. 4127-276, every dental surgeon must, in order to practise on an individual basis or in an association of any type wh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Hearing and deliberation

Article R4126-26

Cases are heard in open court. However, the Chairman may, of his own motion or at the request of one of the parties, after having obtained the opinion of the rapporteur where appropriate, prohibit acc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Additional designations

Article L1441-26

In the case provided for in Article L. 1441-25, the industrial tribunal members are appointed jointly by the Minister of Justice and the Minister for Employment, by industrial tribunal, college and se…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: The situation of employees during the observation period.

Article R631-26

The order issued by the official receiver pursuant to article L. 631-17 indicates the number of employees whose redundancy is authorised as well as the activities and professional categories concerned…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Education and research.

Article L4433-26

The regional councils establish, where appropriate, on the proposal of the presidents of the University of the West Indies, the University of French Guyana and the University of Reunion, according to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-26

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 11: Access to electricity or natural gas consumption data

Article D224-26

Where the consumer is equipped with a metering device that can be read remotely and as defined in the first paragraphs of articles L. 341-4 et L. 453-7 of the Energy Code, the electricity or natural g…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 2: Declarations for the purposes of amending registration or cancellation

Article R123-263

Any corrections or additions to the information provided for in articles R. 123-252 to R. 123-261, as well as the following additional information, shall be entered in the National Register of Compani…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Elements of private project management for infrastructure works

Article R2431-26

The purpose of the preliminary design studies is :1° To confirm the feasibility of the chosen solution, taking into account additional studies and reconnaissance, and to determine its main characteris…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-26

If the company has given its consent to a proposed pledge of shares under the conditions provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 228-24, such consent shall entail approval of the transferee…

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