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Showing 49714980 of 49367 articles for Art. Cass. com. 6 June 1990 · Cass. com. 3 June 2014 · Cass. 1re civ. 8 January 2002

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Request for rectification or deletion

Article R50-61

If the requests provided for in article 706-25-12, the public prosecutor shall inform the department managing the file of the decision, which shall proceed without delay, depending on the case, to era…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article D6431-6

If a member ceases to hold office before the normal expiry of his term of office, he shall be replaced within one month in the same manner. In this case, the duties of the new member shall end on the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to UCITS, debt securitisation funds and property investment funds

Article L231-6

…against the directors of the management company or those of the custodian, pursuant to article L. 231-3, I and III of article L. 231-4, or articles L. 231-5 and L. 231-7, automatically entails the te…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article D1142-6

…in article L. 1142-9, must be implemented as soon as the result level mentioned in article D. 1142-3 is less than seventy-five points. They are published on the company website where one exists, on t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions applicable to non-trading private legal entities with an economic activity.

Article R612-6

The report referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 612-5 contains: 1° A list of the agreements subject to approval by the decision-making body or attached to the documents sent to members in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-6

Any person over the age of 18 may appoint a trusted support person, who may be a relative, a close friend or the doctor treating them. This person will be consulted in the event that they are unable t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 123-6

By decision of the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, the sums entered in an automatic account may be carried over to another automatic account exclusively in the event of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Administration and control

Article R1524-6

The provisions of articles R. 1524-3 and R. 1524-4 are applicable to the special delegate provided for by article L. 1524-6.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Specific investment for certain animated works

Article 211-67

…ey must either have exhausted their investment possibilities under this account, or have less than €800,000 in the account. In the latter case, production companies must invest the entire amount avail…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: Seizure of immovable property

Article L321-6

If several of the debtor's properties are seized at the same time, the debtor may ask the court to limit the seizures. He may also ask the court to convert part of the seizures into a mortgage on some…

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