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Showing 26112620 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
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-9

…mpany, who sign the report intended for the body called upon to rule on the accounts. These persons may only perform the duties of statutory auditor within a single firm of statutory auditors. The mem…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Standard formula

Article R352-10

Insurance and reinsurance undertakings may use a simplified calculation for a specific risk sub-module or module where this is justified by the nature, scale and complexity of the risks they face and…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Withholding

Article L722-10

…ations and outside the cases provided for by European Union regulations, the customs administration may, as part of its controls, detain goods likely to infringe a geographical indication. This detent…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial events

Article A762-9

…tion agreements. The accredited body carries out the operations defined in Annex XIII of Appendix 7-10 "Main operations for the control of the quantified characteristics of commercial events" of this…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Declaration of provision of services

Article L4222-9

…vities of a pharmacist in a Member State or a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, may perform in France, on a temporary and occasional basis, acts of his profession, where applicable…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article L814-10

…tional lists, appointed under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 811-2 or the first paragraph of II of Article L. 812-2, are placed under the supervision of the Public P…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Powers of the Executive Council

Article LO6353-9

Decisions of the Executive Board are taken by a majority of its members. In the event of a tie, the Chairman shall have the casting vote. Decisions of the Executive Board shall be signed by the Chairm…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Powers of the Executive Council

Article LO6463-9

Decisions of the Executive Board are taken by a majority of its members. In the event of a tie, the Chairman shall have the casting vote. Decisions of the Executive Board shall be signed by the Chairm…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure

Article R41-9

On expiry of the objection period, the chief clerk shall notify the accounting officer of the Directorate-General of Public Finance of the objections received and of the cancellation of the correspond…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1161-9

…e of the programme, the treating doctor and the prescribing doctor where applicable. These elements may take the form of documents, materials or actions.

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