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Showing 11411150 of 24169 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26-10-1993 n° 1580 P

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-106

The minutes of the meeting indicate the date and place of the meeting, the method of convening, the agenda, the composition of the officers, the number of shares participating in the vote and the quor…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Payment terms

Article R2392-10

The provisions of articles R. 2192-10 to R. 2192-14 and R. 2192-16 to R. 2192-22, R. 2192-25 to R. 2192-34 and R. 2192-36 apply.In the event of the payment of an advance in application of article R. 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Tax fraud, combating money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L772-10

I.- For the application of Article L. 54-10-3 in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the words "or in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area" appearin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 7: Transformation and merger.

Article L5842-10

I. - The articles L. 5211-41 to L. 5211-41-3 are applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II, III and IV.II. - For the application of articles L. 5211-41, L. 5211-41-1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Penalties

Article R6114-10

In the event of partial or total non-fulfilment of the commitments, and in particular of the quantitative targets, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency will send the contract holder a re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Abolition of replacement income.

Article R5426-10

The Director referred to in Article R. 5312-26 shall take a decision within fifteen days of the expiry of the ten-day period within which the person concerned may submit written observations or, if th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Common provisions.

Article R1311-10

Skin-invasive tattooing may only be carried out using tattooing products that comply with the provisions of Articles L. 513-10-1 to L. 513-10-10. The rods used during initial piercing until healing an…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Placement under electronic surveillance

Article R57-10

Home detention under electronic surveillance of persons under house arrest with electronic surveillance ordered by the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge and that of persons sentence…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 6: Recognition of decisions

Article R232-104

…ons referred to in 10° of I of article L. 232-5 may be recognised by the Board after the interested party has been given the opportunity to submit written observations and, where applicable, at his re…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-10

The rights mentioned in the previous article are extended, in addition, for a period of thirty years when the author, composer or artist has died for France, as shown by the death certificate. In the…

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