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Showing 34313440 of 19544 articles for Art. Cass. crim. – 22 Jan. 1990 – no. 88-84955

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability

Article L526-15

In the event that the individual limited liability entrepreneur renounces the appropriation or in the event of his death, the declaration mentioned in Article L. 526-7 ceases to have effect. However,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article L22-10-9

…ible manner, within the corporate governance report referred to in the last paragraph of Article L. 225-37, where applicable, for each corporate officer, including corporate officers whose term of off…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-50

In the event of the temporary impediment or death of the Chairman, the Board of Directors may delegate a director to act as Chairman. In the event of temporary impediment, this delegation is given for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article D214-113

…ment in real estate; ii) They are entered into with a person referred to in 2° of Article R. 214-32-22; iii) They are subject to a valuation carried out by the undertaking for collective investment in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions.

Article L322-2

…e of article L. 310-1 or article L. 310-1-1, a société de groupe d'assurance defined in article L. 322-1-2, a mixed financial holding company defined inarticle L. 517-4 of the Monetary and Financial C…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Temporary documents issued while an application submitted without using the teleservice referred to in article R. 431-2 is being examined

Article R431-14

…d for in article L. 421-3, provided that the holder satisfies the conditions set out in article L. 5221-1 of the Labour Code; 2° A temporary residence permit bearing the wording "seeking employment or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L734-2

…ght-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In their wording resulting from L. 131-1 law no. 2006-387 of 31 March 2006 L. 131-1-1 Act no. 2010-737 of 1 July 2010 L. 131-2 and L. 131-3 Act n…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents.

Article R123-154

For proceedings opened on or after 1 January 2006, the following may not be disclosed: 1° Judgments handed down in safeguard proceedings in the event of closure of the proceedings pursuant to article

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Addictovigilance

Article R5132-102

Any doctor, dental surgeon or midwife who becomes aware of a serious case of pharmacodependence, abuse or misuse of a substance, plant, medicinal product or other product mentioned in article R. 5132-…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Loss of French nationality

Article 23-9

The loss of French nationality takes effect: 1° In the case provided for in article 23 at the date of acquisition of foreign nationality; 2° In the case provided for in Articles 23-3 and 23-5 on the d…

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