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Showing 50615070 of 24512 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 20-10-2010 n° 09-13.635 FS-PBI

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article R225-136

In the event of contributions in kind or the stipulation of special benefits, the contribution auditors are appointed and carry out their duties under the conditions set out in article R. 22-10-7. The…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Calculation and payment procedures.

Article L5422-6

When, due to the particular conditions of practice of a profession, the conditions of previous activity for admission to the insurance allowance are not met, adjustments may be made to these condition…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article R5122-23

The data, with the exception of surnames and, where applicable, customary names, as well as the registration number in the National Register for the Identification of Natural Persons, are sent to agen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Entertainment, advertising and fashion professions

Article R7523-1

For the application of article R. 7122-30 to Mayotte, the words: "and occupying one of the jobs defined by the agreement relating to the application of the unemployment insurance scheme to these profe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIc: Provisions applicable to certain breaches of the Highway Code

Article R49-19

Except in the cases provided for by articles 226-10 and 441-1 of the Criminal Code, for the author of a request for exoneration or a claim falling under the provisions of Article 529-10 of this code,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L154-1

…ions are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in their wording resulting from the ordonnance n° 2020-1733 du 16 décembre 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-28

The provisions of articles 49, 50 and 52 du décret n° 78-704 du 3 juillet 1978 sont applicables aux cessions et transmissions de parts sociales et à leur publicité.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L356-7-1

I.-In order to facilitate the performance of the group supervision tasks referred to in Article L. 356-7, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, as group supervisor, constitutes and cha…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Offences relating to savings products

Article L743-14

I.-Subject to the adaptations in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand col…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Offences relating to savings products

Article L742-14

I.-Subject to the adaptations in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column…

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