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Showing 44414450 of 56769 articles for Art. L 144-10 · C. civ. Art. 1709 · Cass. com. 11 May 1971 · Cass. com. 23 March 1999 n° 97-15.000

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Applications for authorisation

Article R1333-119

I.-The application for authorisation must be accompanied by a file containing :1° A description of the nuclear activity to be carried out and the reasons for this ;2° General information about the est…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the special grant for school construction and equipment

Article D2564-11

I. - No grant may be awarded if work has begun on the operation before the date on which the application is declared or deemed complete. Commencement of execution of the operation is constituted by th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D5217-11

…or commitment authorisations and any revisions thereto are presented by the President of the Metropolitan Council. They are voted by the Metropolitan Council when adopting the budget for the financial…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Guardianship arrangements.

Article R712-11

In the context of enhanced guardianship and without prejudice to the provisions of articles R. 712-6, R. 712-7 and R. 712-8, the following decisions are enforceable only when approved by the superviso…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Authorities responsible for the conduct of criminal policy, public prosecutions and investigations

Article 11-2

I.-The Public Prosecutor's Office may inform the administration in writing of the following decisions made against a person it employs, including on a voluntary basis, when they concern a crime or off…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Other provisions

Article R5126-114

For the supply of maritime companies operating ships, in application of 4° of article L. 5126-5, pharmacies for internal use may supply pharmacies with medicines reserved for hospital use, on presenta…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-119-3

The draft terms of merger provided for in article R. 322-106-6 shall be filed at the town hall of the municipality in which the registered office of each of the participating companies or funds is loc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6a: The equity savings plan for financing small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies

Article D221-113-6

I. - For the application of a, b and c of 3 of article L. 221-32-2, the number of employees, turnover and balance sheet total mentioned in 2 of the same article are determined in accordance with I of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of seats to professional employers' organizations

Article R23-112-8

In the event of a tie between two or more organisations after application of article R. 23-112-7, the seat is awarded to the professional employers' organisation with the largest number of member comp…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-10

The solvency calculation at the level of the group of insurance and reinsurance undertakings is carried out in accordance with the first method referred to in Article R. 356-19, based on consolidated…

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