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Showing 261270 of 35571 articles for Art. CA Amiens 27 March 1968 · Cass. com. 8 October 1991 · Cass. com. 24 November 1992 n° 91-11.055 · Cass. com. 11 January 2000 · CA Paris 17 January 2008 · Cass. com. 26 February 1979 · CA Paris 24 September 1991 · Cass. com. 26 October 1999

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-26

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 2: Declarations for the purposes of amending registration or cancellation

Article R123-263

Any corrections or additions to the information provided for in articles R. 123-252 to R. 123-261, as well as the following additional information, shall be entered in the National Register of Compani…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article L5211-26

I. - A decree or, as the case may be, an order puts an end to the exercise of the competences of the public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation whose dissolution is requested, required or ips…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 5: Departmental advisory committee on safety and accessibility

Article D312-26

The departmental safety and accessibility advisory committee set up under decree no. 95-260 of 8 March 1995 is responsible for giving an opinion, under the conditions set out in the aforementioned dec…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 sexies

…r registration under Book V (Title I) of the Environmental Code whose maximum thermal output in the case of combustion facilities, capacity in the case of facilities for the thermal treatment of house…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article R621-24

The AMF's cash balances are deposited with the Treasury under the conditions defined in articles 46, 47 and 197 of Decree 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Demergers involving the participation of joint stock companies or limited liability companies

Article L236-26

…ich they are respectively responsible and without joint and several liability between them. In this case, the non-obligated creditors of the participating companies may oppose the demerger under the c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Committees - Representation on outside bodies.

Article LO6431-26

The Territorial Council appoints its members or delegates to sit on outside bodies in the cases and under the conditions provided for by the provisions governing these bodies. The fixing by the aforem…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial organisation

Article R114-26

Whenarticle L. 1617-3 of the General Local Authorities Code is applied and the accounting officer has been requested to pay, the Director reports to the Board of Directors, the President of the Region…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Social security

Article L7125-26

…n official allowance and who has not interrupted any professional activity is unable to effectively carry out his duties in the event of illness, maternity, paternity or accident, the amount of the of…

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