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Showing 931940 of 66666 articles for Art. 382-1 and 387-1

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation without a public offer or with a public offer referred to in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

Article L225-16-1

The voting rights and dividend rights of shares or share denominations issued in breach of this sub-section are suspended until the situation is rectified. Any vote cast or dividend paid during the su…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation without a public offer or with a public offer referred to in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code

Article R225-14-1

…on of I of article L. 225-8-1, the decision of the founders not to appoint a contributions auditor, and any document relating to the description and valuation of the contributions, including a certifi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Members and departments of the High Council

Article R821-14-1

…Law No. 2017-55 of 20 January 2017 on the general statute of independent administrative authorities and independent public authorities.The High Council may make public-law contract staff and private-l…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article L131-1-1

…° of article L. 111-1 is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €15,000 for a natural person and up to €75,000 for a legal entity. This fine is imposed under the conditions laid down in Chapter…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for issuing the European arrest warrant.

Article 695-17-1

If the public prosecutor is informed by the judicial authority of the executing Member State of a request from the arrested person for the appointment of a lawyer on national territory, he shall provi…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: Decisions recognising a state of natural disaster

Article D125-1-1

…n by the provisions of Chapter I of Title I of Book III of the Code of Relations between the Public and the Administration. The procedures for communicating administrative documents, in particular exp…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals provided for in Article L. 464-8.

Article R464-15-1

…nrepresented, he shall without delay inform the court registry, the parties before the appeal court and the minister responsible for the economy, where he is not a party to the proceedings, of any cha…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-17-1

…debate, in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of article 712-6. If the offender and his lawyer do not request an adversarial hearing, the sentence enforcement judge will rule on th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Biological procedures used in medically assisted procreation

Article R2141-1-1

…lementation does not contravene the principles mentioned in Articles 16 to 16-8-1 of the Civil Code and Articles L. 2151-2 and L. 2151-3, if it is compatible with the objective mentioned in the fifth…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Cross-disciplinary provisions on quality in cancer care

Article D6124-131-1

For adolescent and young adult patients aged between 15 and 24, the inter-regional multidisciplinary paediatric oncology consultation meeting or the multidisciplinary consultation meeting for adults g…

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