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Showing 34413450 of 21304 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 24 Nov. 1998 – Chevassus-Marche

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

Article L22-10-39

Other than the persons mentioned in I of article L. 225-106, a shareholder may be represented by any other natural person or legal entity of his choice when the company's shares are admitted to tradin…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to insurance and reinsurance undertakings.

Article R322-11-6

Where, pursuant to VII of Article L. 322-2, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution takes account, in its assessment of each member of the board of directors or the supervisory board, of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Export transactions

Article R442-8-9

The State guarantee provided for in e of 1° of Article L. 432-2 is granted by decision of the Minister for the Economy after it has been established that the credit insurance market has failed.The mar…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to certain contracts

Article R2192-17

Where the contract provides for a procedure to verify the conformity of the services, it may provide that the payment period shall run from the date on which such conformity is established, if this da…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Basic mission

Article R2431-4

For new building construction projects, the basic mission includes :1° Sketch studies;2° Pre-project studies;3° Project studies;4° Assisting the project owner in awarding public works contracts;5° Man…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-13-2

A proprietary medicinal product subject to parallel distribution is a proprietary medicinal product : 1° Has a marketing authorisation issued by the European Union pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 726/2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D214-32-7-5

The AIF or its management company shall send the information mentioned in Article D. 214-32-7-6:1° To the company concerned ;2° To the shareholders of the company concerned whose identity and contact…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General-purpose investment funds.

Article R214-32-41

The general-purpose investment fund ensures that its overall risk relating to financial contracts does not exceed the total net value of its portfolio.The overall risk is calculated taking into accoun…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation procedure for bodies responsible for vocational integration and training initiatives

Article R6121-1

The authorisation provided for in article L. 6121-2-1 is included in an agreement between the region and a body, which entrusts the latter with a service of general economic interest. In return for fa…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Dematerialisation of communications and exchanges of information

Article L2132-2

Communications and exchanges of information carried out as part of the procedure for awarding a contract shall be carried out electronically, in accordance with the procedures and subject to the excep…

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