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Showing 49414950 of 37768 articles for Art. Loi 89-462 du 6-7-1989

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1844-6

The extension of the company shall be decided unanimously by the members or, if the Articles so provide, by the majority provided for the amendment of the Articles.At least one year before the expiry…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VI: Transfers from one court to another

Article 667-1

…likely to be transferred pursuant to the provisions of this article. This order may not be amended during the course of the year.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-8

…ls and accompanied either by a judgment or a sentence, even in absentia, or an act of criminal procedure formally decreeing or operating ipso jure the transfer of the person prosecuted before the crim…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Hospital cooperatives of doctors

Article L6163-6

The share capital of hospital cooperative societies with non-cooperating members is divided into two fractions distinguishing between the shares of cooperating members and those of non-cooperating mem…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions for the importation of plasma pastes and labile blood products intended for the preparation of health products.

Article D1221-66-1

The authorisation referred to in Article D. 1221-58 may be issued to the Etablissement Français du Sang for the importation of blood or its components intended for the preparation of labile blood prod…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title V: Information organisation

Article R451-6

…t is provided by the Delegation for Road Safety. The commission shall draw up its own rules of procedure, which shall specify in particular the procedures for adopting recommendations.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article A441-6

Each year, insurance undertakings carrying out the operations defined in Article L. 441-1 must inform the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution of the service value and acquisition value(s)…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Internal control

Article R561-38-6

At least once a year, the board of directors, the supervisory board or any other body exercising supervisory functions of the persons mentioned in the first paragraph of Article R. 561-38-4 is informe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars.

Article R743-142-7

I.-For the category of acts of the professional recovery procedure mentioned in table 2 of article appendix 4-7, the emolument breaks down into:1° A principal emolument and a fixed fee for transmissio…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 61 bis

…y 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items, customs officers shall immobilise, under conditions laid down by decree in the Counc…

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