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Showing 10311040 of 50010 articles for Art. CJEC – Metro I – 25 Oct. 1977 – case 26/76

French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L622-25

The declaration shall state the amount of the claim due on the date of the opening judgment, with an indication of the sums due and the dates on which they fall due. It shall specify the nature and ba…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Regulatory and monitoring role in the field of technical protection measures and the identification of protected works and objects

Article R331-25

I.-The approval referred to in article L. 331-30 and the second paragraph of article L. 331-33 is granted by the Minister for Culture for a period of five years to associations that meet the following…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Specific provisions governing the exceeding of exposure limit values relating to sensory effects

Article R4453-25

I.- Workers exposed to electromagnetic fields assigned to workstations for which the exposure limit values set in article R. 4453-3 are exceeded will benefit from an information and prevention visit a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-25

Subject to justification in the notes to the financial statements, the consolidated financial statements may be drawn up on a different date from that of the annual financial statements of the consoli…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Establishments and organisations authorised to carry out vaccinations

Article D3111-25

Establishments and organisations approved as vaccination centres provide the Director General of the Regional Health Agency with an annual activity and performance report in accordance with a model la…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Mutual and cooperative banks.

Article R512-25

Members of the Crédit Mutuel network are notified of the sanctions to which they are liable and invited to express their observations or to be represented at the meeting of the Confédération Nationale…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Transmission

Article L131-25

Persons sued by virtue of the cheque may not raise against the bearer defences based on their personal relationship with the drawer or with previous bearers, unless the bearer, in acquiring the cheque…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-25

When a bill of exchange is payable on a fixed day in a place where the calendar is different from that of the place of issue, the date of maturity is deemed to be fixed according to the calendar of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Cooperative societies.

Article R4131-25

When the company is dissolved, and subject to the provisions of the second paragraph of this article, the net assets remaining after extinction of liabilities and reimbursement of paid-up capital are…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination and election of members

Article R7111-25

In the regions defined by the commission's internal regulations, one representative and one alternate from each category are appointed as correspondents. In each region, the employers' representative…

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