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Showing 471480 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
Section 9: Sociétés anonymes à participation ouvrière.

Article L225-261

…into account the time spent by him during this financial year, and the provisions of Article L. 225-269. When a company is set up, from the outset, in the form of a "société anonyme à participation ou…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Civil liability.

Article L225-249

The founders of the company to whom the nullity is attributable and the directors in office at the time when it was incurred may be declared jointly and severally liable for the damage resulting for t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 8: Revolving credit

Article D312-24

In the cases provided for in article L. 312-7, the representative example indicates, in addition to the information provided for in article D. 312-21 and in the same font size: 1° That the amount of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R61-26

Where the provisions of articles 723-34,763-3 and 763-11, the sentence enforcement court will notify the person concerned of any changes to the conditions under which the mobile electronic surveillanc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Criminal provisions.

Article L7123-26

…ncy licence or without first declaring the activity, in breach of the provisions of article L. 7123-11, is punishable by six months' imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Sectors.

Article D4622-26

The multidisciplinary team provided for in Article L. 4622-8 is involved in each of the sectors.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Competitive dialogue

Article R2161-26

The purchaser opens a dialogue with the selected participants, the purpose of which is to identify and define the means best suited to satisfying its needs. All aspects of the contract may be discusse…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 262 bis

…t of these services relating to services performed outside the European Union.(Cf. Instruction 1996-11-20 3L-2-96.)

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Leave of absence and maternity leave.

Article L1225-26

…individual increases received during the period of such leave by employees in the same professional category or, failing that, by the average of individual increases in the company.This rule does not…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Partial final settlement

Article R2191-26

A final partial payment is a payment which cannot be challenged by the parties after it has been paid, in particular when the balance is drawn up.With the exception of works contracts, the purchaser m…

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