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Showing 23712380 of 43523 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 18 April 1967 · Cass. civ. 25 March 1992 · Cass. com. 4 January 1994 · Cass. 3e civ. 9 December 2009 · Cass. 3e civ. 15 June 2011

French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Mergers involving joint stock companies or limited liability companies

Article L236-15

The acquiring company is debtor to the non-obligated creditors of the acquired company in place of the latter, without this substitution entailing novation with regard to them.The non-obligated credit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Declaration of exemptions

Article R1453-15

…lating the offer of benefits whose value is less than the amounts set in application of article L. 1453-11 is signed by the person mentioned in article L. 1453-5 and the beneficiary or beneficiaries.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: In-company vocational re-education agreement

Article R5213-15

I.-The agreement referred to in I of article L. 5213-3-1 defines the total amount of remuneration received by the employee in respect of the salary paid on behalf of the employer and the daily allowan…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-18

…federations and one representative of the professional leagues, appointed by the Minister for Sport;4° One person chosen for their expertise in the field of violence at sporting events, appointed by t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-18

…diversity of art house films programmed, in accordance with the table in the appendix to this book;4° The comfort of the cinemas and the technical quality of the screenings, in accordance with the ta…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Mobility leave

Article L1237-18-3

The amount of remuneration paid during the mobility leave period is at least equal to the amount of the allowance provided for in 3° ofarticle L. 5123-2. For the first twelve months of the leave, whic…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1a: Documents countersigned by lawyers

Article 1546-3

…freely available to them; 3° Agree on the arrangements for communicating their written submissions; 4° Have recourse to a technician under the terms of Articles 1547 to 1554; 5° Appoint a judicial con…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Management and information costs and costs relating to the tasks of skills operators

Article D6332-18

…itory, and to organise observatories or finance a specific joint structure fulfilling this mission; 4° A map specifying its geographical locations in the territory. III - The agreement on objectives a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
F: Tax for the management of aquatic environments and flood prevention

Article 1530 bis

…flood prevention may, by a deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in I of Article 1639 A bis of this code, institute and collect a tax to finance the management of aquatic environments…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Mobility leave

Article L1237-18-1

…ployment contract or a fixed-term employment contract concluded in application of 1° ofarticle L. 1242-3 within a limit set by the collective agreement. In the latter case, the mobility leave is suspe…

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