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Showing 68516860 of 12557 articles for Art. CJUE 30-9-2021 aff. 299/20

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article R236-33

Any appeal against the decisions of the Registrar in respect of the control operations referred to in Articles L. 236-42, L. 236-43 and R. 236-30 shall be lodged under the conditions and according to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Informing families (R).

Article R2223-24

The general documentation, the estimates that must be given to families and the order forms drawn up by the régies, companies, associations and their establishments, authorised in accordance with Arti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article R3124-6

Failure to comply with the provisions relating to the annual quota of overtime hours laid down in articles L. 3121-30 and L. 3121-33 is punishable by the fine laid down for fourth class offences. As m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions common to all sales.

Article R642-36-1

The official receiver shall rule on the sale after having heard the observations of the auditors and heard or duly summoned the debtor and his spouse where the latter is in one of the situations provi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning undertakings subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-57-3

In the absence of a collective agreement or in the event of an agreement not covering all of the points mentioned in 1° to 5° of article L. 1233-24-2, the administrative authority shall approve the do…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Gene therapy preparations and xenogenic cell therapy preparations.

Article L5426-1

I.-The act or attempt to distribute or transfer, free of charge or for a consideration, gene therapy preparations or xenogenic cell therapy preparations without authorisation or when authorisation is…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Amounts paid by the Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article 125 ter

La fraction des sommes versées par la Caisse des dépôts et consignations en application du V de l'article L. 312-20 of the Monetary and Financial Code having the character of income from transferable…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: External control

Article L518-15-1

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine, subject to the necessary adaptations, the rules applicable to Caisse des dépôts et consignations, adopted pursuant to Article L. 511-36, the first parag…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Halls, markets and public weights

Article L2224-22

The application of the provisions of articles

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 75

The judicial police officers and, under their supervision, the judicial police officers designated in Article 20 carry out preliminary investigations either on the instructions of the public prosecuto…

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