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Showing 23912400 of 40190 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 4-6-1971

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

Article R2221-65

In communes or groups of communes with fewer than 3,500 inhabitants, the operating board may be the municipal council. In this case, the operating board may be chaired by the mayor or by one of its me…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-68

The Supervisory Board exercises ongoing control over the management of the company by the Management Board.The Articles of Association may make the conclusion of the transactions they list subject to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IVa: The manner in which statements are received from staff of certain specialised departments or units

Article 656-1

When the testimony of an agent of a service mentioned in article L. 811-2of the Internal Security Code or of a service designated by the decree in Council of State provided for in article L. 811-4 of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Territorial Conference on Health and Autonomy

Article D1441-6

The Territorial Conference on Health and Autonomy comprises seven colleges whose members have the right to vote: 1° College of representatives of local authorities: a) Two representatives of the terri…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 763-6

A person sentenced to socio-judicial supervision may apply to the court that handed down the sentence or, in the event of more than one conviction, to the last court to have given a ruling, to be reli…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article R561-63

I. - Where the injunction has been complied with within the time limit, the case is removed from the list.II. - If the injunction has not been complied with, the court clerk will draw up a report stat…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the insurance obligation.

Article L211-6

Any clause stipulating forfeiture of the insured's cover in the event of conviction for driving while drunk or under the influence of alcohol or for driving after using substances or plants classified…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-63

The replacement is settled, for continental France, uniformly as follows: 0.25% on the chief towns of departments, 0.50% on the chief towns of arrondissements, 0.75% on any other place. In no case sha…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R612-65

The preliminary research report may be completed at any time before the research report is drawn up. In this case, the articles R. 612-57 to R. 612-64.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Building and public works companies out of work due to bad weather.

Article L5424-6

The provisions of this section determine the rules according to which building and public works companies involved in certain professional activities determined by decree compensate the workers they u…

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