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Showing 37613770 of 29123 articles for Art. Cass. com. 30 November 1999 · Cass. 3e civ. 19 April 2000 · Cass. com. 7 February 2006

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Management Board

Article L6143-7-5

The Management Board is made up of members of the hospital's staff, including a majority of medical, pharmaceutical, midwifery and odontology staff.It has nine members, and eleven in university hospit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Local bodies

Article R6147-7-2

…52-48; 6° Avis sur la mise à disposition d'un praticien hospitalier, prévu à l'article R. 6152-50 ; 7° Opinion on the request for placement in search of an assignment, as provided for in the second an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: Business formalities centres

Article A123-7

…ates the procedures for carrying out the technical changes made necessary by those mentioned in 3°. 7° Coordinates the assistance provided by the various competent bodies, particularly with regard to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Reimbursement of childcare or assistance expenses and assistance with the financing of service vouchers

Article D2123-22-7

The mayor shall provide the elected official receiving the financial aid, before 1 February of the year following its award, with a certificate stating the total amount of aid received and specifying…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Registration in the file

Article R53-8-7

…express nature of the registration;-date of notification of the obligations provided for by Article 706-53-6 and paragraph 2 of II of article 216 of law no. 2004-204 of 9 March 2004 ;-date of executio…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R442-7-1

Under no circumstances does the State guarantee cover risks which, pursuant to current legislation and taking into account current practices in the insurance market, may be covered by companies, group…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Grant and publication of the patent

Article R612-73-1

…rupted, where applicable, by the notification provided for in the third paragraph of Article R. 612-73, until the application is regularised.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-7

…characteristics, carried out by the entity during a period and each requiring an accounting entry. 7. Substantive controls: audit procedures performed to detect material misstatements at the assertio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Powers and funding of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee

Article R1432-70-1

…h the conditions set out in article 63 and the second paragraph of article 93 of decree no. 2020-1427 of 20 November 2020 relating to administrative social committees in State administrations and publ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of directors and shareholders of market undertakings

Article L421-7-3

…ities, shall set up an appointments committee composed of the persons referred to in Article L. 421-7 who do not hold any of the offices referred to in 1° of II of Article L. 421-7-1 within the market…

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