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Showing 20212030 of 41565 articles for Art. L 227-8 · C. civ. Art. 1240

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Other conditions of access and practice.

Article A512-8

I.-In application of II of article R. 512-13-1, the skills required to carry out the duties mentioned in II of article L. 511-2, as well as the corresponding training or continuing professional develo…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R237-8

A notice of the close of the liquidation, signed by the liquidator, is published, at the liquidator's request, in the medium authorised to receive legal announcements that has received the publicity r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Steering Committee

Article D5521-8

The following are members of the Steering Committee: 1° The Minister for Overseas France or his or her representative, who is Chairman;2° The Ministers for the Economy and Finance, Labour, Employment…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation of the company.

Article R743-84

Without prejudice to any other useful indications and in particular those provided for by articles 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 19 and 20 of the loi n° 66-879 du 29 novembre 1966 relative aux sociétés civiles p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Managing Director

Article R5315-8

The Managing Director is appointed by decree on the joint proposal of the supervisory ministers. The Director General: 1° Prepares, co-signs and executes the contract of objectives and performance pro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 80-5

When requesting the opening of an investigation, the public prosecutor may, if the search to establish the truth for a crime or an offence punishable by a sentence of three years' imprisonment or more…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation of the company

Article R6223-81

The application for registration shall be sent by a joint representative appointed, in the articles or in a separate deed, by the members of the company, to the council of the competent Bar or Bars wi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Standing advisory group on working conditions

Article R4641-8

The National Occupational Health and Prevention Committee is chaired by the Vice-Chairman of the Conseil d'Orientation des Conditions de Travail and run by its General Secretary. It comprises : 1° In…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to investment firms

Article R532-8

I. - Before granting authorisation as an investment firm to an applicant that is a direct or indirect subsidiary of an insurance company, reinsurance company, credit institution, investment firm or po…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Harvesting haematopoietic cells collected from bone marrow or peripheral blood from a donor of full age who is the subject of a legal protection measure with representation relating to the person

Article R1241-8

…ge considers that the protected person does not have the capacity to consent to the donation, he shall refer the matter by any means to the committee of experts referred to in article L. 1231-3 so tha…

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