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Showing 48914900 of 24169 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26-10-1993 n° 1580 P

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Audit of operating accounts

Article D251-4

The distributor or, in the case provided for in article L. 251-10, the line producer has three months from receipt of the draft audit report provided for in article L. 251-11 to submit its written obs…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Vigilance.

Article R1123-60

The form, content and procedures for reporting adverse reactions and new facts as defined in Article L. 1123-10 and, where applicable, the procedures for lifting the blind shall be laid down by decisi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Financial and tax provisions

Article R4434-1

For the application of the provisions of article L. 4432-10, the appropriations required for the operation of the regional economic, social and environmental council and the council for culture, educa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L239-1

The Articles of Association may provide that the shares of sociétés par actions or the corporate units of sociétés à responsabilité limitée subject to corporation tax by operation of law or by option…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Nordic cross-country skiing and related activities.

Article A212-192-8

The jury for the aptitude test is the jury provided for inarticle 16 of the modified order of 26 April 2013 relating to the specific training for the state diploma of national Nordic cross-country ski…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L511-21

In this subsection and for the application of the provisions relating to freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services :1. Banking service" means a banking operation within the meaning of A…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Preliminary provisions.

Article R210-21

I.-The independent third-party body referred to in 4° of Article L. 210-10 is designated from among the bodies accredited for this purpose by the French Accreditation Committee defined by the décret n…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Accounting and financial system

Article D211-67

Revenue and imprest accounts may be set up under the conditions laid down by Decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019 on the revenue and imprest accounts of public bodies.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Budgetary and accounting organisation

Article R1222-13

Revenue and imprest accounts may be set up under the conditions set out in Decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019 on the revenue and imprest accounts of public bodies.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operations following death (R)

Article R2213-30

Subject to the provisions of article R. 2213-26, the body is placed, regardless of the place of temporary deposit, in a coffin of a model provided for in the first paragraph of article R. 2213-25.

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