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Showing 16511660 of 59417 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 8-1-1997 n° 9

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Elections

Article R4441-9

The list of voters may be consulted during the two months preceding the election by posting it at the headquarters of the professional body. This list is freely accessible on request. Within eight day…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conciliation.

Article R742-9

A regional conciliation committee shall be set up at the head office of each maritime affairs directorate, whose territorial jurisdiction shall extend to the whole of the district of the said director…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation

Article R6156-9

For the representatives appointed under 2° of Article R. 6156-2, the Board of Governors is responsible for ensuring balanced representation of the distribution between women and men.

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation

Article R6322-9

Explicit authorisation or rejection decisions must be substantiated. They are notified to the applicant by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. All express authorisation, renewal or reje…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L229-9

If the European Company no longer has its central administration in France, any interested party may apply to the court to have the situation regularised by transferring the registered office or re-es…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and New Caledonia

Article 875

For the application of article 768-1, the powers of the national criminal record are exercised by the registry of the court of first instance, which receives, in the case of legal entities whose regis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R822-95

…he transfer of shares shall be publicised in accordance with the provisions of Article 52 of Decree n° 78-704 of 3 July 1978. In the case provided for in the third paragraph of article R. 822-89, publ…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Financial contributions from communes, public establishments for inter-communal cooperation and the Corsican local authority to the budget for fire and rescue services in Corsica

Article L1424-83

In compliance with the competitive tendering rules set out in Order no. 2015-899 of 23 July 2015 relating to public contracts, the Corsican local authority may carry out, on behalf of and at the reque…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Financial contributions from communes, public establishments for inter-communal cooperation and the Corsican local authority to the budget for fire and rescue services in Corsica

Article L1424-82

The contribution of the Corsican regional authority to the budget of each fire and rescue service in Corsica is set each year by a decision of the Assembly of Corsica in the light of the reports on th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Court-appointed estate agents.

Article 814

Where the succession has been accepted by at least one heir, either purely and simply or up to the amount of the net assets, the judge who appoints the successoral mandatary pursuant to articles 813-1…

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