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Showing 25012510 of 62395 articles for Art. Cass. com. 6 April 1993 · Cass. com. 10 March 1998 · Cass. com. 20 September 2011 n° 10-20.664 · Cass. com. 2 May 1984 · Cass. com. 26 October 1993 · Cass. com. 19 May 1998 · Cass. com. 7 November 1989

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Powers of the President of the Territorial Council

Article LO6352-10

…e Territorial Council brings actions and defends before the courts in the name of the community. He may, without prior authorisation of the Executive Council, perform any conservatory acts or acts int…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to each hospital group or hospital

Article R6147-10

…r of a hospital grouping, the Director of a hospital or the Director of a centre of common interest may, under their responsibility, delegate their signature to the staff over whom they exercise autho…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: General provisions.

Article 208

…shall be heard in the presence of the parties or the parties called. By way of exception, the judge may, if the circumstances so require, invite a party to withdraw subject to the party's right to be…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XV: Transactions

Article 2046

A civil interest arising from an offence may be settled. A settlement does not prevent prosecution by the public prosecutor.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Settlement of public claims.

Article D626-10

…gardless of the tax or miscellaneous State budget product to which these penalties or costs apply ; 2° Aux majorations de retard, frais de poursuite, pénalités et amendes attachés aux cotisations et c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Continuing training

Article D1442-10

…aid solely on a commission basis, when they are entitled to the leave provided for in article D. 1442-7, are remunerated by each of their employers on the basis of an hourly training allowance equal t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Rights of the seller of furniture, claims and restitutions.

Article L624-10

…right of ownership recognised where the contract relating to that property has been advertised. He may claim restitution of his property under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Mediators responsible for facilitating the resolution of disputes relating to the granting of authorisation for simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission

Article R324-10

…secrecy about matters brought to his attention. The mediator's findings and the statements he takes may not be produced or relied upon without the parties' agreement in any other mediation procedure,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Companies of statutory auditors

Article R822-102

The shareholders' meeting may only validly deliberate if at least three quarters of the shareholders are present or represented. If this quorum is not reached, the members shall be convened once again…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Practice of control medicine.

Article R4127-100

A doctor practising as a control doctor may not at the same time be a prevention doctor or, except in an emergency, a doctor treating the same person. This prohibition extends to members of the patien…

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