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Showing 711720 of 26790 articles for Art. CE 5-6-2020 n° 423066

French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Compensation for loss resulting from non-performance of the contract

Article 1231-5

Where the contract stipulates that the party who fails to perform it shall pay a certain sum by way of damages, no greater or lesser sum may be awarded to the other party.However, the judge may, even…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents

Article A123-67

…e Institut national de la propriété industrielle are entitled to respond to requests relating to cancelled registrations. However, after a period of five years, the National Institute of Industrial Pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents

Article A123-65

Extracts from the trade and companies register are issued by the registrars in accordance with a model approved by order of the Minister of Justice.They may either be printed, or automatically edited…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents

Article A123-66

Copies of the trade and companies register may be issued electronically. In this case, it is specified that only a signed document is authentic. For this issue the registrars shall comply with the pro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents

Article A123-68

Subject to the provisions of Article R. 123-154-1, the Institut national de la propriété industrielle and the Registries shall issue information on accounting documents in the form of copies or commun…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents

Article A123-69

…he capacity of persons; 2° Decisions taken in safeguard, reorganisation and judicial liquidation proceedings imposing personal or property sanctions on traders or managers of legal entities; 3° Measur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Overseas departments, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R6152-69

…Mayotte or Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon benefit, for each period of three years of uninterrupted service in the establishment, from a bonus leave of thirty working days, including travel time, to travel…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 62

…hom there is no plausible reason to suspect that they have committed or attempted to commit an offence shall be heard by the investigators without being subjected to a measure of restraint. However, i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Applications to suspend enforcement of the sentence

Article 625

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article L547-6

A provider of equity crowdfunding services wishing to engage in the activity referred to in Article L. 547-4 shall submit an application to the Autorité des marchés financiers, either when applying fo…

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