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Showing 19011910 of 18871 articles for Art. CA Douai 12-7-2018 n° 18/00485

French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Economic interest groupings.

Article L251-12

…nagement control, which must be entrusted to natural persons, and auditing of the accounts shall be carried out under the conditions laid down in the grouping's constitutive contract. However, when a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Direct marketing of banking and financial services.

Article D341-12

…ller, natural person;3° The business address of the direct seller;4° The name, address and, if applicable, SIREN number of the legal entity or entities falling within one of the categories mentioned i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: College of candidates

Article L1441-12

The following may be candidates for the employers' college 1° Persons employing on their own behalf or on behalf of others one or more employees; 2° Where applicable, on the express mandate of these p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : The President of the Assembly of French Guyana and the Standing Committee

Article L7123-12

…hich the principle and appropriations have been voted by the Assembly;3° Approving the leasing of local authority buildings and authorising the signing of leases entered into by the local authority;4°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Embryo reception.

Article R2141-12

The practitioner who meets the criteria mentioned in Article R. 2142-11 for carrying out the biological activities of preserving embryos with a view to their reception and implementation, mentioned in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information

Article L785-12

…eft-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Protection of works and objects to which copyright or related rights are attached

Article R331-12

…in the first paragraph of article L. 335-7-1, the member of the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique (Audiovisual and Digital Communications Regulatory Authority) desi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Conduct of the procedure

Article R631-34-7

For the application of article

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-12

I.-A case may be referred to the liberty and custody judge within whose jurisdiction the reception facility is located, at any time, with a view to ordering the immediate release of a psychiatric care…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Lapse of sums held in an automatic account

Article 123-8

…ccount must be invested by the account holder within one of the time limits set as follows for each category of aid concerned:1° In the case of automatic financial support for the production of featur…

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