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Showing 45214530 of 7791 articles for Art. CA Paris – 26 June 2019 – no. 16/23435

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Installation

Article D1442-12

…prosecutor of the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the seat of the industrial tribunal is located will issue the summons to take the oath at the court hearing within one month of publication o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prudential control and resolution authority

Article R783-6

…low shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prudential control and resolution authority

Article R784-6

I. - Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording in…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation and performance of the contract

Article L341-2

A lender who has not complied with the obligations set out in articles L. 312-14 and L. 312-16 is deprived of the right to interest, in full or in the proportion set by the judge.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: The Assembly of Corsica

Article L4422-17

The proposals, requests and opinions adopted by the Assembly of Corsica pursuant to I to IV of article L. 4422-16 are published in the Journal officiel de la République française.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Conduct of the procedure

Article R631-21

The administrator, where one has been appointed, is bound by the information obligations incumbent on the debtor pursuant to articles R. 622-9 and R. 622-16.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article R626-32

For the application of article L. 626-16, the competent meetings are convened in the forms and within the time limits provided for in articles R. 626-1 to R. 626-3.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Composition and operation of the central social and economic committee

Article D2316-8

Videoconference meetings of the central social and economic committee on the basis of Article L. 2316-16 are held under the conditions set out in Articles R. 2315-1 et seq.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Judicial police officers

Article 21

…itions laid down in articles 16-1 A or 20-1 of this code; 1° quater Controllers under the status of Parisian administrations carrying out their duties in the public thoroughfare speciality and Paris s…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Exceptional aid to help offset the fall in activity in 2020

Article 919-27

…in consideration of :1° The difficulties encountered by the distribution company during the theatrical release in 2020 of the cinematographic works it has distributed;2° The quality of the distributi…

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