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Showing 50415050 of 23350 articles for Art. n° 06-16537 · Cass. com. 9 February 1999

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-20-3

…ant to I of Article L. 214-167 and those mentioned in the second paragraph of III of Article L. 532-9; and 2° Relevant to 1° of III of Article L. 214-24.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles.

Article L4622-6-1

…nt, where appropriate, of the results of the certification procedure referred to in Article L. 4622-9-3. National specifications for this approval are defined by decree. If the administrative authorit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Amendments to the Articles of Association.

Article R210-11

…ered office has been transferred and shall reproduce the information provided for in 1°, 2°, 4° and 9° of l'article R. 210-4 and also includes:1° The information provided for in 1° and 2° of article R…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Authorisation procedure

Article R1322-10

…ecutive years, a new verification, carried out under the conditions provided for in article R. 1322-9, is carried out before the installations are put back into service.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Commencement and conduct of secondary insolvency proceedings

Article R692-6

In application of III of Article L. 692-5, as soon as the draft plan has been filed at the registry by the debtor or the administrator, the registrar shall notify the insolvency practitioner in the ma…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R2311-12

If a centre does not meet or ceases to meet the conditions listed in articles R. 2311-7, R. 2311-9 and R. 2311-13, or refuses to submit to the inspection provided for in article R. 2311-10, the presid…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation of cooperatives of activity and employment

Article R7331-8

…accordance with the majority requirements for ordinary general meetings set out in articles L. 223-29, L. 223-30, L. 225-98 or L. 227-9 of the French Commercial Code, depending on the legal form of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Local public companies

Article L1864-1

…These companies are competent, subject to compliance with II of Article 43 of Organic Law No. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polynesia, to carry out development operat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation.

Article L4422-4

…y sessions of a maximum duration of three months, convened by its President. The first opens on 1st February. The second opens on 1st September. If these dates fall on a public holiday, the session op…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Application of laws and regulations in Saint-Martin

Article LO6313-5

…l has found that a law promulgated after the entry into force of the Organic Law no. 2007-223 of 21 February 2007 referred to above has been passed on matters falling within the jurisdiction of the co…

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