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Showing 12511260 of 57097 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 31-1-2012 n° 10-28.591

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Supervisory Board

Article R6147-102

The Supervisory Board of the Établissement Public de Santé Territoriale de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon is made up of the following fifteen members: 1° Representatives of local and regional authorities: a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Establishments, services or organisations without an in-house pharmacy

Article R5126-108

In addition to the treatments prescribed for a specific person, the establishments, services or organisations mentioned in I of article L. 5126-10 may hold certain medicines, products or objects menti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Incompatibilities.

Article L811-10

The status of court-appointed administrator registered on the list is incompatible with the exercise of any other profession, with the exception of that of lawyer. It is, moreover, incompatible with:…

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

Article R4432-10

An order of the regional prefect sets, by application of the rules defined in articles R. 4432-1 to R. 4432-3 and articles R. 4432-5 to R. 4432-7, the list of bodies of all kinds represented on the re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D72-101-13

If the administrative account has not been adopted by the date of the vote on the budget for the following financial year, when the result of the operating section, the financing requirement or, where…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable by court order.

Article R237-10

The liquidation of the company under the conditions provided for in articles L. 237-15 to L. 237-31 is ordered by the President of the Commercial Court, ruling in summary proceedings, at the request o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to investment service providers

Article L533-10

I.-Portfolio management companies : 1° Put in place rules and procedures to ensure compliance with the provisions applicable to them, including those set out in Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 648/20…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Mayotte Regional Health Agency

Article D1446-10

For the application of article D. 1432-30 in Mayotte, the reference to article D. 1432-28 is replaced by the reference to article D. 1446-8 and the words: "but may be a member of one or more of the sp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Products not eligible for direct marketing

Article L341-10

Without prejudice to the special rules applicable to the marketing of certain products, the following may not be marketed: 1° Products for which the maximum risk is not known at the time of subscripti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1-1: Competitive entrance examination to become a commercial court clerk

Article A742-10

No one may sit the oral admission tests unless they have been declared eligible by the jury.The oral admission tests are held in public session. They comprise:1° An oral test on a subject relating to…

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