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Showing 761770 of 58927 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 1-6-2010 n° 09-65.482

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 6: Announcement of results and disputes.

Article R713-61

In the event of partial or total annulment which has become final of the elections of the consular delegates and unless this annulment is pronounced less than one year before a general renewal, a new…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 6: Announcement of results and disputes.

Article R713-60

The election of consular delegates may be contested by any voter and by the prefect under the conditions set out in articles L. 248, R. 119 to R. 122 of the electoral code. However, the five-day perio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 6: Announcement of results and disputes.

Article R713-62

When the dates set by this section or the last day of the deadlines it specifies fall on a public holiday or a Saturday, they are postponed until the first working day thereafter. The same applies to…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Compliance by sports federations with their obligations

Article R232-41-12-6

The sports federations and, where applicable, the professional leagues shall be informed of the procedures conducted by the French Anti-Doping Agency pursuant to Section 4 of Chapter II of Title III o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Certification of the accounts of public health institutions

Article R6145-61-6

The director of each public health institution whose accounts have been certified by one or more auditors shall forward the report drawn up by the certifier, together with the decision on the accounts…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R5211-6

The provisions of the sub-section 1 of section 6 of chapter III of title III of book III of the second part of this code are applicable to public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation which h…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R6152-601

Attached practitioners perform hospital duties and participate in the missions defined in articles L. 6111-1 and L 6112-1. They are placed under the authority of the head of the department or, failing…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 697

Within the jurisdiction of one or more Courts of Appeal, a judicial tribunal shall have jurisdiction to investigate and, in the case of misdemeanours, try the offences referred to in Article 697-1. Ma…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Performance of obligations under the agreement

Article R15-33-60-10

Where the obligation or obligations of the agreement are not fully performed, the interruption of performance of the agreement referred to in the seventeenth paragraph of Article 41-1-2 is recorded by…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section VII: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article 693

What is prescribed by articles 654 to 659, 663 à 665-1, 672, 675, 678, 680, 683 à 684-1, 686, the first paragraph of article 688 and the articles 689 to 692 shall be observed on pain of nullity.The pr…

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