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Showing 13111320 of 61711 articles for Art. R 330-2 · Cass. com. 7 July 2004 · CA Paris 5 November 2008

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Election of staff representatives to the administrative or supervisory board of a consular higher education establishment

Article R711-76

The following are eligible to vote on the board of directors or supervisory board of a consular higher education establishment:1° Teaching staff and other employees of the consular higher education es…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Election of staff representatives to the administrative or supervisory board of a consular higher education establishment

Article R711-78

No condition as to length of service is required in order to vote or stand for election if, on the day of the election, the consular higher education establishment has been in existence for less than…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation, entry on the list, articles of association and registration.

Article R814-70

An ampliation of the decision to register the company on the list of court-appointed administrators or on the list of court-appointed agents is sent by the company's partners to the registry of the co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation, entry on the list, articles of association and registration.

Article R814-71

In the event of the formation of companies by way of merger or division, the articles R. 814-59 to R. 814-62, R. 814-69, R. 814-70, R. 814-117, R. 814-122-1 and R. 814-148 are applicable.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R356-54

I.-Until 1 January 2020, the participating and parent undertakings referred to respectively in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 356-2 shall transmit to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Marketing authorisation issued by the European Union

Article R5121-53

Where a marketing authorisation issued by the European Union pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 laying down Community procedures for…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R132-5-5

I.-Without prejudice to the obligations referred to in the last paragraph of article L. 132-8, for the application of the first paragraph of article L. 132-27-2, the date on which the insurance undert…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Usury rates

Article L313-5-2

Where a contractual loan is usurious, the excessive sums collected in accordance with articles L. 313-4 and L. 313-5-1 are automatically deducted from the normal interest and, subsidiarily, from the p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article D6341-24-5

Persons who complete a vocational training course for which the prison administration is responsible outside the institution under a semi-liberty or work release scheme are entitled to the remuneratio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article R50-75

In accordance with the third paragraph of Article 706-25-17, the multidisciplinary commission on security measures shall issue a reasoned opinion on the appropriateness of imposing a judicial measure…

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