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Showing 551560 of 36323 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 18 May 2010

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1832-1

…ions to a company or for the acquisition of company shares, two spouses alone or with other persons may be partners in the same company and participate together or not in the management of the company…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-2

The co-undividers, if they all consent, may agree to remain in undivided ownership.On pain of nullity, the agreement must be drawn up in writing including a description of the undivided property and a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation of committees

Article R2522-18

Before conciliation boards, the parties may be assisted by a member of the employers' or employees' professional organisation to which they belong. When the parties are represented, the representative…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Medical applications

Article L1333-18

…he Customs Code, or to the provisions laid down in the articles of this chapter, ionising radiation may only be used on the human body for the purposes of medical diagnosis, therapeutic management, sc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Examination of the application.

Article R5141-18

…ll include, in addition to the pharmaceutical data, appropriate bibliographical documentation. This may refer, in particular as regards safety tests, to the assessment report published by the European…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to compensation for damage to property.

Article R421-18

…month, or partial permanent incapacity of at least 10%. However, the persons named in this article may invoke the guarantee of the fund when the accident has been caused by another land motor vehicle…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-18

…ovisions of Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of 16 April 2014. (1) III.-The High Council may, at the request of the statutory auditor, exceptionally authorise the statutory auditor to excee…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks and authorisation

Article R2131-18

…article.When the pregnant woman makes the request referred to in the first paragraph, a doctor, who may be a member of the multidisciplinary team, will draw up a document, co-signed by the pregnant wo…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-18

The easement provided for in articles L. 342-20 to L. 342-23 may only be established within the zones and sectors defined in local town planning schemes. This provision does not apply to easements est…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Rules applicable to contracting authorities

Article R2161-18

The procedure with negotiation may take place in successive phases so as to reduce the number of tenders to be negotiated by applying the award criteria defined in the consultation documents. The cont…

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