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Showing 20812090 of 48272 articles for Art. Cass. com. 5 April 2016 n° 14-15.860 · Cass. 1re civ. 25 May 2005 · Cass. 3e civ. 14 March 2012 · Cass. com. 29 April 2003 · Cass. com. 5 February 2020 n° 18-21.689

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to recovery

Article R613-54

For the application of X of Article L. 613-47, the provisional valuation provided for by this article includes the amount of losses that can reasonably be expected to be realised in the period between…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to recovery

Article R613-55

For the purposes of Article L. 613-47, the estimate of the losses that the holders of equity securities or other forms of ownership and the creditors of the person subject to a resolution procedure wo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Chairman and Vice-Chairman

Article R6144-5

…the medical, odontological and pharmaceutical staff of the establishment, the internal regulations may provide that the chairman and vice-chairman are elected from among all the members of the commit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article L621-5

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall set the conditions and limits under which : 1° The Board may delegate authority to the Chairman or, if the Chairman is absent or unable to act, to another of its m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions

Article D6124-177-5

The holder guarantees the presence of at least one nurse at all times on the site where patients are accommodated.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Third-party proceedings.

Article 584

In the event of indivisibility with regard to several parties to the contested judgment, the third party opposition is admissible only if all these parties are called to the proceedings.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Overall effective rate

Article R754-5

…to the adaptations in II, in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Decree no. 2016 884 of 29 June 2016.II. - For the application of I, in the first paragraph of Article R. 313-1,…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title I: Common provisions.

Article 534

A person who legally represented a party may, in the event of termination of his functions and if he has a personal interest, exercise the recourse in his name. The appeal is equally open against him.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Support for projects

Article 633-5

…rned, with the intensity rates provided for in Article 17(6), Article 18(2), Article 19(3), Article 25(5)(c) and (6), Article 28(3), 4 of Article 29 and 4 of Article 31 of Commission Regulation (EU) N…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration

Article R621-56

Staff remuneration may include a variable component designed to reward effort and performance. Pursuant to Article L. 3312-2 of the Labour Code, the Autorité des marchés financiers may apply Chapters…

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