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Showing 46214630 of 23443 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 13 April 1999 · Cass. 1re civ. 13 July 2004 · Cass. 3e civ. 24 June 1971

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-17

…to replace him with one of its members, it may appoint, subject to the provisions of Article L. 225-24, an additional director who is appointed to the role of Chairman.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal proceedings.

Article L2262-14

…n article L. 2231-5-1 in all other cases. This period applies without prejudice to articles L. 1233-24, L. 1235-7-1 and L. 1237-19-8 of the Labour Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Disciplinary powers, relations with statutory auditors and cooperation

Article R782-8

…Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 612-35 and R. 612-36n° 2011-769 of 28 June 2011R. 612-37No. 2015-513 of 7 May 2015R. 612-38n° 2013-978 of 30 October 2013R. 612-39n° 2011-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Disciplinary powers, relations with statutory auditors and cooperation

Article R783-8

…Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 612-35 and R. 612-36n° 2011-769 of 28 June 2011R. 612-37No. 2015-513 of 7 May 2015R. 612-38n° 2013-978 of 30 October 2013R. 612-39n° 2011-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Protection of the account holder

Article L211-10

…intermediary, the account holders are exempted from the declaration provided for in Article L. 622-24 of the Commercial Code. The juge commissaire is informed of the result of the verification carrie…

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

Article R422-30

…nt of the death of a partner, the transfer period provided for in the second paragraph of l'article 24 of the law of 29 November 1966 is set at one year from the date of death. It may be renewed by ag…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Conservatory measures.

Article R622-5

…ter deposits it at the court registry. For the application of the third paragraph of Article L. 622-24, any declaration made by the debtor, within the period set by the first paragraph of Article R. 6…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L351-8

…aced by the words: "8,950,000 CFP francs"; 2° In article L. 314-14, the words: "L. 314-10 to L. 314-13" are replaced by the words: "L. 314-10 and L. 314-13"; 3° In Articles L. 314-15 to L. 314-19, the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Residence permit commission

Article R432-7

…thority competent to refer the matter to the residence permit commission pursuant to article L. 432-13 is the Prefect or, in Paris, the Prefect of Police.The request for an opinion is accompanied by t…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Transitional and common provisions

Article L133-17

…to the date of entry into force of this section, set by VII of Article 7 of Law no. 2006-437 of 14 April 2006 containing various provisions relating to tourism, cease to have effect under the followi…

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