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Showing 14711480 of 45099 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 3-10-2019 n° 18-20.828 FS-PBI

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article R22-10-10

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article L5217-10-10

The Chairman of the Metropolitan Council presents the administrative account to the Metropolitan Council each year, which debates it under the chairmanship of one of its members.The Chairman of the Me…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article A36-10-10

Within a maximum of two months after the date of the examination, the chairman will convene a meeting of the committee to draw up a list of agents for whom the committee has issued a favourable opinio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article D72-104-10

The president of the local authority attaches the mandates and supporting documents for expenditure, indicated in articles D. 1617-19 and D. 1617-20, to the issue slips that he sends to the local auth…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 16: Interventional cardiology imaging procedures

Article D6124-185-1

The holder of the authorisation guarantees, 24 hours a day, every day of the year: 1° For Rhythmology modality A, the presence on site or on call of a doctor specialising in cardiovascular medicine; 2…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Implementation of the legal guarantee of conformity

Article L224-25-18

In the event of lack of conformity, the consumer is entitled to demand that the digital content or digital service be brought into conformity with the criteria set out in paragraph 1 of this subsectio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L743-10

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, in the wording indicated in t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L742-10

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, in the wording indicated in the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Financial institutions

Article 1063

Subject to the provisions of 3° of l'article 679, the certificates of ownership and notarial deeds required by the savings banks and the national savings bank to effect the repayment, transfer or rene…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Mobility leave

Article L1237-18-4

If the employee accepts the offer of mobility leave, the employment contract will be terminated by mutual agreement of the parties at the end of the leave. Employees benefiting from the protection men…

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