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Showing 47514760 of 42508 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 October 2012 · Cass. 3e civ. 11 May 2005 · Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 2012

French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: Business formalities centres

Article A123-9

…within its remit as referred to in 1° to 12° of Article A. 123-7. The Strategic Steering Committee may be consulted by the single body, by one or more of its members, or by a ministry concerned. Refe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Approval

Article L532-9-1

…risation by the Autorité des marchés financiers, of a declaration or of a notification, as the case may be, under the conditions laid down by the general regulations of the Autorité des marchés financ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Placement under electronic surveillance

Article 723-9

…processing of nominative data.The implementation of the technical device enabling remote monitoring may be entrusted to a person under private law authorised under conditions laid down by decree in th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Right of access and request for rectification or deletion

Article R53-21-11

Any person whose identity is entered in the register may ask the public prosecutor to order the rectification or deletion of information concerning them if the information is not accurate or if the le…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Council for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and Chronic Viral Hepatitis.

Article D3121-9

The Board may hear any qualified person called upon by its Chairman to provide an opinion or expertise relating to any item on the agenda. These hearings may be made public by decision of the Board.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-9-6

The report published by the professional bodies provided for in article L. 132-9-4 includes the following information as at 31 December of the previous year: 1° Number of applications by potential ben…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Mutual insurance companies.

Article R322-97

…rtments of other regions if they border on the department of the registered office. These companies may only insure risks located in the said area. Professional mutual insurance companies may only gro…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-119-2

Notwithstanding the provisions of article R. 322-59, paragraph 1, notices of general meetings are sent to members by post or electronically or by advertisement, at least fifteen days before the date o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Accounting

Article D71-114-13

…ocuments, concerning the revenue the collection of which is entrusted to him.The accounting officer may request, if necessary, that the originals of documents forming a title in favour of the local au…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L71-111-2

…r, for grants whose allocation is not subject to conditions of award, the Assembly of French Guiana may decide:1° To individualise the appropriations in the budget by beneficiary; or2° To draw up, in…

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