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Showing 18411850 of 59246 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 June 2009 n° 08-10.350 · Cass. com. 22 October 1996 · Cass. 1re civ. 22 May 1991 · Cass. 1re civ. 10 July 1996 · Cass. 3e civ. 2 April 2003

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-108

…the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board or by a member of the Management Board. They may also be certified by the secretary of the meeting. In the event of liquidation of the company, t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Concessions.

Article R2223-10

…plot equal in area to the plot that had been granted to them. In accordance with 14° of article L. 2321-2, the remains that were buried there are transported at the expense of the commune.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to nationality disputes

Article 1042

Any action whose principal object is to have a person declared to be or not to be a French national shall be brought by or against the public prosecutor without prejudice to the right of any intereste…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to nationality disputes

Article 1043

Where a question of nationality is referred to a court of law as an incidental question which it is not competent to hear and which is necessary for the resolution of the dispute, the case shall be co…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to nationality disputes

Article 1045

The public prosecutor is required to act under the conditions of article 1042 if he is requested to do so by a public administration or by a third party who has raised the nationality objection before…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Neurosurgery

Article R6123-103

Authorisation to carry out neurosurgical care activities may only be granted or renewed if the health establishment or health cooperation group can demonstrate, for neurosurgery, per site, an annual a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Approval of professional associations

Article A512-9

The file provided for in Article R. 513-24 includes: 1° Information relating to the representativeness requirement referred to in Article R. 513-22: a) The number of insurance brokers and agents who a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1321-10

I.-Before the holder of the authorisation referred to in article R. 1321-8 puts its installations into service, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency will, at the expense of the holder of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Marine, river and lake insurance

Article L173-10

In time cover, the premium stipulated for the entire duration of the cover is earned in the event of total loss or abandonment at the insurer's expense. If the insurer is not responsible for the total…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 9: Erection, dismantling and lifting of frameworks.

Article R4534-98

…e suspended, comply with the provisions relating to the lifting of persons set out in articles R. 4323-31 and R. 4323-32.

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