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Showing 41614170 of 49021 articles for Art. CA Paris 6-2-2023 n° 21/10189

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation of the company.

Article R6223-69

…s professional activity within the company, provided that he notifies the company by any means that can be proven to have been received. He shall comply with the time limit set by the Articles of Asso…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: French regulated markets.

Article R421-6-3

…* 421-6-1 arises at the end of a period of three months following the date of receipt of the application; the decision referred to in 2° of the same article arises at the end of a period of one mont…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-6

…kings may apply a volatility adjustment to the relevant risk-free interest rate curve to be used in calculating the best estimate referred to in Article R. 351-2.For each currency concerned, the adjus…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Biomedicine

Article L1418-6

The Agency's staff are governed by the provisions of articles L. 5323-1 to L. 5323-4. The members of the Agency's Board of Directors and any other persons in possession of information held by the Agen…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Appearance before the Investigating Chamber

Article 695-36

If the wanted person voluntarily evades the obligations of judicial supervision or electronically monitored house arrest or if, after having been released without judicial supervision or electronicall…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L2333-64

…even employees:1° In a commune or urban community with a population of more than 10,000 or, in both cases, where the population is less than 10,000 and the territory includes one or more communes clas…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Tests of knowledge.

Article R4111-6

…structure listed in the order referred to in article R. 4111-1-1, in the profession and, where applicable, in the speciality for which the candidates are applying for authorisation to practise. The du…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Foreign nationals married to French nationals

Article L423-6

A foreign national who has been married to a French national for at least three years will be issued with a ten-year residence permit provided that he or she has been legally resident in France for th…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 1: Apprehension in the hands of the person liable to surrender

Article R222-6

In the specific case where the asset has been apprehended in order to be remitted to a pledgee, the act of remittance or apprehension is deemed to constitute a seizure in the custody of the creditor a…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Introduction of profit-sharing.

Article L3312-6

…333-2 if it involves all or some of the employees of undertakings which do not form a group.In both cases, the two-thirds majority required for ratification applies to employees falling within the sco…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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