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Showing 811820 of 31253 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 22-5-2007 n° 05-18.516

French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 3: Remuneration of the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator.

Article R663-22

The judicial representative shall be allocated, for the registration of declared and unverified claims as well as claims included in the list provided for in Article R. 622-15, a fee per claim determi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The National Council of Commercial Court Registrars.

Article R741-22

The National Council draws up its budget. It sets the amount of the dues to be paid annually to it by each commercial court clerk. Non-payment of dues constitutes a disciplinary offence.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Announcement of results and disputes relating to the election of consular judges.

Article R723-22

Votes are counted by the committee provided for in article L. 723-13. The results are announced publicly by the chairman of the committee. The list of elected candidates, drawn up in descending order…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation and resources

Article R1233-22

The chairman, after consulting the staff representatives, shall draw up a single set of rules of procedure for the administrative social committee and its specialised committees. These rules are drawn…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Departmental fire brigade (R)

Article R1424-22

An internal regulation sets out the operating procedures of the fire and rescue service as well as the service obligations of the firefighters of the departmental fire brigade and the agents of the se…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Seaports (R).

Article R1614-22

The president of the regional council, the president of the departmental council, the mayor and the president of the deliberative body of a group of local authorities, each insofar as they are concern…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Accounting and financial provisions

Article D1611-22

The authorised body keeps separate accounts showing all income and expenses recorded and all cash movements under the mandate.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to elected representatives who are public servants (R).

Article R2123-22

The provisions of articles R. 2123-19 to R. 2123-21 are applicable to serving military personnel and contractual employees of the State, local authorities and their public administrative establishment…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Administrative organisation (R)

Article R2221-22

The legal representative of an régie is either the director in the case of an régie responsible for the operation of a public service of an industrial and commercial nature, or the chairman of the boa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions (R).

Article R2334-22

The grant application is submitted by the mayor or the president of the competent inter-communal public cooperation establishment or signatory of the agreement provided for in the penultimate paragrap…

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