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Showing 51915200 of 58536 articles for Art. II · Cass. 3e civ. 15 September 2010 · Cass. 3e civ. 4 November 1998

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a court-appointed administrator

Article A811-4

…owledgement of receipt, no later than three months before the date of the first test of the session.II. - The application file shall include:1° A request from the interested party;2° All official docu…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a judicial representative

Article A812-4

…owledgement of receipt, no later than three months before the date of the first test of the session.II. - The application file shall include:1° A request from the interested party;2° All official docu…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Determining the duration of agreements.

Article L2222-4

The agreement is concluded for a fixed or indefinite period.In the absence of any stipulation in the agreement as to its duration, the duration is set at five years. When the agreement expires, it cea…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Co-contractor established in France

Article D8222-4

A private individual who enters into a contract for his or her own personal use, that of his or her spouse, partner in a civil solidarity pact, cohabitee or of his or her ascendants or descendants, sh…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Control

Article R752-44-18

For the application of the provisions of article L. 752-5-1 and of II of article L. 752-23, the Prefect may appoint officials authorised for this purpose by the Minister for the Economy to carry out i…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Legal structures

Article L6223-4

…to control, directly or indirectly, in the same area determined pursuant to b of 2° of Article L. 1434-9, a proportion of the medical biology supply in excess of 33% of the total number of medical bi…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reporting requirements for therapeutic education programmes

Article R1161-4

…of the coordinator and staff involved in the programme;3° The population concerned by the programme;4° The projected sources of funding.5° Compliance with the obligations set out in articles L. 1161-1…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Budgetary control

Article A211-44-1

…udget controller shall receive the draft documents provided for in Article 175 of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management before they are sent to the memb…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article L22-10-49

…ed to trading on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility subject to the provisions of II of article L. 433-3 of the Monetary and Financial Code : a) The Board of Directors may, within th…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Derogation from the territoriality of the sites of a medical biology laboratory

Article R6222-4

…General of a Regional Health Agency establishes that, in an area defined in b of 2° of Article L. 1434-9, the supply of medical biology does not meet the needs of the population, in particular becaus…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
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