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Showing 12611270 of 55089 articles for Art. CA Bordeaux 2-3-2022 n° 18/04413

French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 3-2-2 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 321-1)

Article Annexe 3-2-2

…the terms of which:"Only operators meeting the conditions defined in this article may organise and carry out voluntary sales of furniture by public auction and electronic auctions. II.-If it is a leg…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-18-8

…efuse to give access to a document, whatever its medium, and to provide a copy, to refuse to communicate information or to respond to a summons or to refuse to give access to the premises, places or e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions applicable where the employer is established in another Member State of the European Community or the European Economic Area

Article L3253-18-8

…aire judiciaire, the administrateur judiciaire or the liquidator has ceased his functions or in the case mentioned in 2° of article L. 3253-18-2, the guarantee institutions pay the sums due to the emp…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exercise of parental authority by separated parents

Article 373-2-3

…granting the child an indexed annuity in return, the relinquishment of usufruct property or the allocation of income-producing assets, under the terms and guarantees set out in the decision, deed or a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cooperation agreements and secondments

Article D5132-18-1

…newable period of three years: 1° By taking into account the nature and intensity of the activities carried out by the temporary work integration companies in the department; 2° After examining the ac…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Evidence.

Article 259-3

The spouses must communicate with each other and with the judge, as well as with the experts and other persons designated by the judge pursuant to 9° and 10° of Article 255, all information and docume…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-18-1

When the Secretary General of the Agence française de lutte contre le dopage decides to carry out the investigations mentioned in 3° of I of article L. 232-5, he shall authorise the investigators in a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-18-7

…and custody judge of the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the premises to be visited are located or the liberty and custody judge of the judicial court provided for by the decree referred to…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-18-5

…d to do so by the Secretary General of the Agency, use an assumed identity on any electronic communication medium or any online public communication service.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Société d'exercice libéral de pharmaciens d'officine.

Article R5125-18-1

…le is protected and to companies for the financial participation of liberal professions is not applicable to sociétés d'exercice libéral de pharmaciens d'officine.More than half of the share capital a…

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