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Showing 59815990 of 7791 articles for Art. CA Paris – 26 June 2019 – no. 16/23435

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The special register of individual entrepreneurs with limited liability.

Article R526-20

Declarations and filings to the special register mentioned in Articles R. 526-15 and R. 526-16 are made electronically, through the single body mentioned in Article R. 123-1 and under the conditions p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Guardianship arrangements.

Article R712-6-1

…of approval shall be the subject of a reasoned decision. The approval procedure suspends the notification, publicity and filing of the texts concerned, provided for in articles L. 2231-5 et seq. of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to victims and civil parties

Article D49-65-1

A victim or civil party who, in accordance with the provisions of the last paragraph of Article 712-16-2, wishes to be informed of the release of a person convicted of an offence referred to in Articl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to victims and civil parties

Article D49-71

The public prosecutor or the public prosecutor, when enforcing a prison sentence in the case provided for by the second and third paragraphs of Article 723-15-2 and by article 723-16, may inform the v…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation of the company

Article R743-139-24

…in Article R. 743-139-23 is sent by the partners to the clerk's office of the court where the application for registration in the Trade and Companies Register was filed; on receipt of this document,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a court-appointed administrator

Article R811-15

The duration of the traineeship is at least three years and at most six years. The traineeship consists of the practice of activities enabling the acquisition of sufficient experience in the professio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Occupational health medical file

Article R4624-45-8

…person authorised by Articles L. 1110-4 and L. 1111-7 of the Public Health Code, may request communication of his occupational health medical file in paper or dematerialised form. The worker may also…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Information system for the personal training account and the individual right to training for local elected representatives

Article R6323-38

…do not apply to the processing mentioned in Article R. 6323-32. III - The rights of access, rectification and limitation provided for in articles 15, 16 and 18 of the regulation mentioned in I and II…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Regulations attached to agreements.

Article R6142-17

…h units and the general manager of the university hospital centre are each responsible for the application of the regulations provided for in article R. 6142-16. However, in order to ensure the safety…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Departmental commercial development commissions.

Article R751-1

…mmunes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation, up to a limit of three persons per category, the persons mentioned in f and g of 1° of II of Article L. 751-2 and to f and g of 1° of I…

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