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Showing 44114420 of 37434 articles for Art. n° 22-18436 · Cass. com. 24 May 2011

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-40

…pact, he shall be informed by his proxy of any fact enabling him to assess the risk that the proxy may be pursuing an interest other than his own. This information shall relate in particular to the f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Combating the international spread of disease.

Article L3115-1

…by land, sea or air. To carry out these checks, the representative of the State in the département may authorise the agents mentioned in articles L. 1421-1 and L. 1435-7 and the agents of the ministe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-8

…e with article L. 626-22 when they are subject to the time limits of the plan.The official receiver may order provisional payment of all or part of their claim to creditors holding security on the pro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to all financing bodies

Article L214-167

…securitisation undertakings, with the exception of this sub-section and I and II of article L. 214-24.II. - By way of derogation from I, securitisation undertakings which comply with characteristics…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R356-59

…a) Information at group level which must be published in accordance with Articles L. 356-23, L. 356-24 and R. 356-55 to R. 356-58; b) Information relating to each insurance and reinsurance undertaking…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Armed Forces Medical Corps

Article L4444-1

…applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the wording resulting from Law No. 2019-774 of 24 July 2019 on the organisation and transformation of the healthcare system.For the application in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Etablissement public de santé national de Fresnes.

Article R6147-75

Articles R. 6141-10 to R. 6141-12, R. 6143-15, R. 6143-23, R. 6143-24 and R. 6144-42 do not apply to the National Public Health Establishment in Fresnes. The powers attributed to the Director General…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting up a collective shop

Article L125-7

…or that he is offered at least equivalent guarantees. Failing release of the opposition, the trader may not join the collective shop as long as he remains the owner of the business.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Extension and enlargement procedures.

Article L2261-27

…ganisations or two employees' organisations represented on this commission, the Minister for Labour may extend an agreement or convention or their addenda or annexes by decree:1° When the text has not…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Group governance system

Article R356-35

The risk management system covers the risks to be taken into account in the calculation of the Solvency Capital Requirement in accordance with Articles R. 356-19 to R. 356-22, as well as risks which a…

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