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Showing 25412550 of 52948 articles for Art. CE 27-1-2017 n° 391817

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article L22-10-19

…f the members of the Management Board, provided for in Article L. 225-63, is carried out in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 22-10-26.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Deposits to be made by companies having their registered office abroad

Article R123-120-1

Where the company has its registered office in one of the Member States of the European Community or parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, the deeds and documents may, at its request…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Conditions for registration on the lists of judicial representatives.

Article R812-18-1

…le L. 613-1 du code de l'éducation, who can show proof of at least five years' professional experience as an assistant to a judicial representative; 2° Holders of this Master's degree who can show pro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition

Article D4432-13-1

Articles D. 4134-28 to D. 4134-33 are applicable to the chairmen and members of advisory councils under the conditions laid down by the laws and regulations applicable locally.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Assistance publique-hôpitaux de Paris, Hospices civils de Lyon, Assistance publique-hôpitaux de Marseille

Article R6111-11-1

When the institutional medical committee of the Assistance publique-hôpitaux de Paris, the Hospices civils de Lyon or the Assistance publique-hôpitaux de Marseille delegates its powers under Article R…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Professional private equity funds

Article L214-159

…ent companies known as "private equity companies".Articles L. 214-24-29 to L. 214-24-33, with the exception of the third paragraph of Article L. 214-24-29 and 1° and 9° of Article L. 214-24-31, are ap…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter X: Legal protection of minors and adults

Article 1258-1

…beneficiary of the mandate resides, accompanied by the latter, unless it is established, by medical certificate, that his presence at the court is incompatible with his state of health.The mandatary s…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2-1: Establishing the biological profile of athletes falling within the scope of Article L. 230-3

Article R232-67-10-1

…end to the director of the testing department that targeted tests be carried out.When, in the presence of an atypical profile result, the expert considers, in the light of successive haematological or…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Reception facilities

Article L551-15

Material reception conditions may be refused, in whole or in part, to the applicant in the following cases:1° He refuses the region of orientation determined in application of article L. 551-3;2° He r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Radiation protection advisor

Article R1333-18

…r installations and the control, in terms of nuclear safety, of the transport of radioactive substances.III - The person responsible for the nuclear activity shall provide the radiation protection adv…

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