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Showing 46114620 of 8111 articles for Art. CE 27-12-2022 n° 464505

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article L22-10-7

…shares are held, directly or indirectly, by a natural person or legal entity acting alone or in concert. Any appointment made in breach of this article shall be null and void. This nullity does not e…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-5-1

As an exception to the provisions of Articles L. 613-2-2 and L. 613-2-3, the sale or any other act of commercialisation of plant reproductive material by the patent holder, or with his consent, to a f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Surrender procedures resulting from agreements concluded by the European Union with other States.

Article 695-58

For the application of Article 695-46, in the context of the surrender procedures provided for in this section, consent shall be refused to a State that is not a member of the European Union if the of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Provisions relating to the investigation of claims for compensation.

Article R424-16

…article D. 361-27 of the same code are applied. This assessment is based on the latest scale in force on the date the application for compensation is submitted. The prefect sends his proposals to the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Assignment or pledging of receivables

Article R2393-40

A subcontractor who has been accepted and whose payment conditions have been approved may assign or pledge all or part of his claim, up to the amount of the services paid directly to him. A copy of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets

Article L236-29

…the bondholders and non-bondholder creditors of the company contributing part of its assets, in place of the latter, without such substitution entailing novation with regard to them. The maximum amou…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Automatic processing of personal data known as "VISABIO

Article R142-8

The rights of information, access, rectification and limitation may be exercised with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Directorate of French Nationals Abroad and Consular Administration), the Ministry…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article R223-20-2

…e of these methods, of the date scheduled for the meeting. The company is required to send this notice by simple or registered letter, if the shareholder has sent the company the amount of the cost of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors and General Management.

Article R225-34-4

…ed by the Board of Directors, but may not be less than forty hours per year, during the term of office. This time is taken from actual working time and remunerated as such at the normal due date.A com…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial remedies to guarantee the right to respect for dignity in detention

Article R249-29

…to the applicant's lawyer or, if the applicant is not assisted by a lawyer, to the applicant. On receipt of this report, the judge may proceed, where appropriate in accordance with the procedures lai…

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