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Showing 65316540 of 7791 articles for Art. CA Paris – 26 June 2019 – no. 16/23435

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article D45-19

For the application of the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 495-19 and first paragraph of article 495-21, only requests or complaints in which the person either denies having committed th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section One: Miscellaneous provisions concerning the classification, labelling and packaging of dangerous substances and mixtures

Article R1342-1

…(EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, any advertisement, in any form whatsoeve…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Detection of business difficulties by the president of the court

Article R611-14

The court clerk shall notify the order to the legal representative of the legal person. The notification letter reproduces the provisions of the second paragraph of II of article L. 611-2 as well as a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement and services of the statutory auditor

Article R823-21

…s of the end of the financial year.The statutory auditor shall inform the High Council of this publication and, where applicable, of any updates to the report.He shall also inform the Autorité des mar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reports

Article D4622-54

…following the year for which it was drawn up. This report is then sent to members. The medico-technical committee provided for in Article L. 4622-13 issues an opinion on this report, before it is subm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1a: Financing of the insurance allowance

Article D5422-4-3

…d in the processing mentioned in I of Article D. 5422-4 may exercise their rights of access, rectification of data as well as their right to limit processing, provided for respectively in Articles 15,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-30

The office of director elected by the employees or appointed pursuant to article L. 225-27-1 is incompatible with any office as trade union delegate, member of the works council, member of the group w…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-129-6

Any decision to increase the share capital through a cash contribution, unless it results from the prior issue of securities giving access to the share capital, requires the Extraordinary General Meet…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Rules of good conduct

Article L341-11

…ce or a related service, direct marketers shall enquire about the financial situation of the person canvassed, their experience and their investment or financing objectives. These provisions do not ap…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Working conditions and forward-looking management of jobs and skills

Article L2241-12

…forward-looking management of jobs and skills, in particular to meet the challenges of the ecological transition, and on taking into account the effects of exposure to the occupational risk factors…

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