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Showing 941950 of 56873 articles for Art. s. L 237-24 · L 237-2

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Guarantee trusts

Article 2488-5

Property assigned pursuant to Article 2488-1 may subsequently be assigned to guarantee debts other than those mentioned in the constitutive act provided that the latter expressly so provides. The sett…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Emergency department structure

Article D6124-24

The health care establishment authorised to carry out the activity mentioned in 3° of Article R. 6123-1 organises, either internally or by agreement with another establishment or within the framework…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article R6523-24

The provisions of sub-section 1 of this section, with the exception of those of II of article R. 6523-16, of a of article R. 6523-17, of article R. 6523-18 insofar as it adds a 3° and a 4° to III of a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to specialised financing bodies

Article D214-240-2

(1) A specialised financing vehicle may issue negotiable debt securities and bonds or debt securities issued under foreign law. (2) The vehicle's regulations or articles of association shall specify t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Electronic voting.

Article R713-24

On the date set out in 2° of I of Article R. 713-14, the electoral organisation committee will proceed to count the votes in open session and in the presence of scrutineers appointed by the committee…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Capital gains realised by companies

Article 248 E

When securities, mentioned in Articles 5 and 6 of Law no. 86-912 of 6 August 1986 or the profit participation certificates referred to in amended Article 1 of the same law, appear on the balance sheet…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article R712-24

The owner of the trademark shall be informed by the National Institute of Industrial Property of the expiry of the registration, no later than six months before such expiry. Failure to provide such in…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-24

For water supplied by a public distribution service, analyses from the programme mentioned in article R. 1321-23 may replace those carried out in application of article R. 1321-15 when the following t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Operation of the warehouse receipts register

Article R522-24-2

In accordance with the provisions of Article L. 522-37-1, the operating rules for the register provided for in the previous article set out the information to be sent by general shops to the platform…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of performance

Article 695-24

…courts or if the French courts have decided not to institute proceedings or to terminate them;2° Si la personne recherchée pour l'exécution d'une peine ou d'une mesure de sûreté privative de liberté e…

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