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Showing 20012010 of 61711 articles for Art. R 330-2 · Cass. com. 7 July 2004 · CA Paris 5 November 2008

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Publicity and protection of the rights of third parties.

Article R229-7

The company shall send each of the shareholders mentioned in the previous article, within fifteen days of receipt of their request, a buyback offer by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Electronic voting procedures

Article R2314-7

During an election by electronic voting, the files containing the voters' authentication details, the encryption and decryption keys and the contents of the ballot box are only accessible to those res…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R3115-7

The entry point managers are : 1° For an airport, the aerodrome operator ; 2° For a port, the delegate responsible for managing the main port facilities or, in the absence of a delegate, the port auth…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Reference perimeter.

Article R761-7

The plan to create a reference perimeter is approved by the regional prefect or by the departmental prefect when all the municipalities in the perimeter are in the same department. It is then submitte…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sale and transfer of shares.

Article R4113-53

When a member intends to withdraw from the company pursuant toarticle 21 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to non-trading professional companies, he shall notify the company of his decisi…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 8: Repeat bids

Article R322-70

The publication formalities are repeated in the forms and under the conditions set out in articles…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Prohibition on entering or being in the vicinity of a venue where a sporting event is taking place

Article R332-5

When the person subject to the measure provided for in the third paragraph of article L. 332-16 is domiciled in a department other than that of the prefect and, in Paris, the police prefect who impose…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: Sports associations

Article R121-5

Approval granted to a sports association or resulting from its affiliation to a sports federation approved by the State pursuant to article L. 131-8 may be withdrawn by the Prefect of the département…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised examinations and samples.

Article R232-51

The samples and screening operations listed in article R. 232-50 are carried out under the direct supervision of the person in charge of testing or, except for protected persons within the meaning of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Voting

Article R7343-51

To vote electronically, the voter, having logged on to the voting system and identified himself in accordance with the procedures set out in article R. 7343-44, casts and validates his vote. The vote…

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