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Showing 35213530 of 27460 articles for Art. Cass. avis 20-10-2000 n° 20-20013

French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.

Article L611-10-3

At the request of one of the parties to the approved agreement, the president of the court, if he finds that the undertakings resulting from the agreement have not been performed, shall order the agre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-10-1

The Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may, after obtaining the opinion of the Etablissement français du sang and the armed forces blood transfusion centre, regulate t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: The jury

Article R212-10-7

As soon as the candidate has provided proof of possession of all the valid accumulation units, regardless of the method of acquisition, the rector of the academic region or the minister responsible fo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Applying for leave as part of a career transition project

Article D6323-10-5

As part of an application for a professional transition project financed under the conditions mentioned inarticle L. 221-1-5 of the Social Security Code, the employer's authorisation mentioned in arti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Authorisations.

Article L6122-10-1

The regional or inter-regional health plan and decisions to authorise activities or heavy equipment may be appealed to the Minister for Health, who will rule within a maximum of six months, after obta…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-10-1

I. - When the risk of money laundering and terrorist financing presented by a business relationship, product or transaction appears to them to be high, the persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 shall…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial assistance

Article R5132-10-12

The recruitment of the people mentioned in article L. 5132-1 on assignment contracts by temporary work integration companies entitles them to financial aid, up to the number of integration posts set b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Storage receipts

Article R522-24-10

I.-An appeal against a decision to refuse registration, modification or deletion shall be lodged with the president of the commercial court within whose jurisdiction the operator of the platform that…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership

Article R22-10-36

The additional insertion in a notice published in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires of the notice by which the Board of Directors, or the Management Board, suspends the possibility of obt…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article L22-10-68

The right to ask questions in writing and to request in summary proceedings the appointment of one or more experts to present a report under the conditions provided for in the first two paragraphs of…

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