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Showing 851860 of 55089 articles for Art. CA Bordeaux 2-3-2022 n° 18/04413

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Meetings of the departmental commercial development commission

Article R752-18

…means to each member of the commission and to the government departments that investigated the application.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Status of employees.

Article D5424-18

An employee benefiting from the bad weather unemployment scheme remains at the disposal of the company employing him/her at the time of the work stoppage throughout the period of inactivity on the sit…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1840 X

…ed in article L. 471-1 of the code of taxes on goods and services, the following penalties are applicable: 1° Deficiencies, inaccuracies or omissions in the declaration give rise to the application of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Coverage of cash requirements and investment financing

Article 916-18

…is awarded partly in the form of a grant and partly in the form of a repayable advance on the sums calculated in accordance with articles 232-4 et seq.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Rules applicable to contracting authorities

Article R2161-18

…lying the award criteria defined in the consultation documents. The contracting authority shall indicate in one of these documents whether it will make use of this possibility.In the final negotiation…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Filing of international applications

Article L614-18

International applications for the protection of inventions made by natural or legal persons having their domicile or registered office in France must be filed with the National Institute of Industria…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Procedure for deliberations.

Article L2541-18

An objection against a decision of the municipal council due to the participation of the mayor, a deputy mayor or members of the municipal council in a deliberation on matters in which they are person…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue, redemption and conversion of preference shares.

Article R228-18

The report of the Board of Directors or the Management Board to the Extraordinary General Meeting called to vote on the conversion provided for in articles L. 228-12, L. 228-14 and in the second parag…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-18

…s handed down immediately, a copy of the judgement is given to the convicted person and, where applicable, to his lawyer, against a signature in the proceedings file except in cases where the copy of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition

Article D1432-18

…her term of office, a member of the Supervisory Board falls under one of the incompatibilities or incapacities provided for in II of article L. 1432-3 of this code, his or her duties shall be terminat…

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