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Showing 86618670 of 11860 articles for Art. CA Paris – 9 Jan. 2019 – no. 18/09522

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 Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Job and career management

Article L2242-21

…and L. 1233-22 in accordance with the procedures laid down in these same articles;2° On the qualification of categories of jobs threatened by economic or technological developments;3° On the terms an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Settlement of certain claims.

Article L643-2

…ng a mortgage is exempted, upon resumption of individual proceedings, from the acts and formalities carried out prior to this judgment.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-3

…on or entity whose accounts are being certified, including those relating to the most recent certification of accounts. Where that person or entity is a public interest entity, the provisions of Artic…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article R712-19

…1° of Article R. 712-17, they shall be resumed, at the request of one of the parties or, where applicable, at the initiative of the Institute, once registration of the trademark, geographical indicati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L3661-16

The certified accounts of the bodies mentioned in 4° of Article L. 3661-15 are sent to the local authority. They are communicated by the local authority to the elected members of the Metropolitan Lyon…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-19

…certified accounts of the bodies mentioned in 4° of Article L. 4425-18 are transmitted to the Corsican regional authority. They are communicated by the Corsican regional authority to the elected memb…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Account management

Article L4163-15

…rvice enabling him to find out the number of points he has acquired and used up during the previous calendar year, the total number of points in his account and the possible uses to which these points…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Implementation within a group of undertakings

Article L3344-1

…have established financial and economic links between them. However, the mechanisms for increasing capital provided for in articles L. 3332-18 et seq. and for increasing the sums paid annually by one…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts.

Article R232-2

…company and to the companies in which the latter directly or indirectly holds more than half of the capital. The number of employees is determined in accordance with the provisions of article D. 210-2…

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