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Showing 13311340 of 51146 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 2 Nov. 2011 – no. 10-22.859

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition of the Board of Directors of the joint association

Article R2135-10

The Board of Directors is made up of representatives of employee trade unions and representatives of professional employers' organisations that are representative at national and cross-industry level.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation of imprest accounts (R)

Article R1617-10

Revenue administrators are authorised to have a permanent cash float, the amount of which is set by the instrument setting up the agency. The maximum amount of cash that the administrator is authorise…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article R754-10

…and column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 313-19n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 313-20No. 2021-898 of 6 July 2021R. 313-22no. 2005-1007 of 22 August 20…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article D775-10

Article D. 521-1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Default provisions

Article R3122-10

The hierarchical appeal against the decision of the Labour Inspector shall be made to the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment, and shall be lodged within on…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition

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 Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Nullity, dissolution and liquidation.

Article R4113-101

In the cases provided for in the second paragraph of article 37 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to sociétés civiles professionnelles, in which the company has adopted the status of a so…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Nullity, dissolution and liquidation.

Article R4113-100

The closing meeting decides under the conditions of quorum and majority provided for the approval of the company's annual accounts.If it is unable to deliberate, or if it refuses to approve the liquid…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tests to verify knowledge

Article D4221-10

…number of persons who may be admitted to the knowledge verification tests mentioned in article D. 4221-7. Ties are broken on the basis of the mark obtained in the test referred to in 1° of the same a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Consumer credit

Article R312-10

The credit agreement provided for in Article L. 312-28 is drawn up in characters no smaller than eight-point type. It shall include clearly and legibly, in the order specified below: 1° The identity a…

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