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Showing 22312240 of 24607 articles for Art. CA Douai 12-5-2016 n° 15/03664

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 123-2

The automatic accounts are known as: 1° For the allocation of automatic financial aid for the production and preparation of long-term cinematographic works: "compte automatique production cinéma"; 2°…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to sociétés d'exercice libéral.

Article R743-121

…as a commercial court clerk to replace the holder of an existing office or holder of a created or vacant office. One or more of these persons may also form, with a natural person holding an office of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Sub-committees

Article R2272-15-1

The sub-committee on supplementary social protection referred to in 5° of article R. 2272-10 is composed as follows: 1° The minister responsible for social security or his representative, chairman; 2°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Expertise procedure for medical accidents

Article L1142-12

The Regional Commission appoints a panel of experts from the national list of medical accident experts, ensuring that these experts meet all the conditions required to guarantee their independence fro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Administrative, accounting and financial management of the personal training account

Article R6333-12-1

The State is represented in court both as plaintiff and defendant by the Director General of the Caisse des dépôts et consignations for all acts relating to the management of the fund mentioned in the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars

Article A743-12

…e collection of the following fees:Service number the service (table 2 of article appendix 4-7) Sub-category Description of service Fee 116 Publicity for movable property leasing Main registration, in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Rules common to all types of practice

Article R4321-123

…for public use, whatever the medium, : 1° His surname, first names and professional address, how he can be contacted, days and times of consultation ; 2° His status with regard to health insurance org…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Provisions relating to the analysis of resolvability

Article L311-12

…he assessment provided for in Article L. 311-11, the resolution college finds that there are significant obstacles to a person mentioned in Article L. 311-5 being subject either to collective proceedi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Pre-contractual information for borrowers

Article L312-12

Prior to the conclusion of the credit agreement, the creditor or credit intermediary shall provide the borrower, in the form of an information sheet, on paper or on another durable medium, with the in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IX : The Greater Paris Metropolis

Article L5219-12

…ead of the said department for the performance of the tasks that he/she entrusts to him/her in application of the fourth paragraph of this I.Les fonctionnaires territoriaux et agents territoriaux non…

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