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Showing 501510 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
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 Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

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 General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: Transportation of the body after committal (R).

Article R2213-25

I.-With the exception of the cases provided for in article R. 2213-26, the body is placed in a coffin fitted with a watertight bowl complying with the following characteristics: 1° strength; 2° Watert…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article R6523-25

…sectors corresponding to those of the interested organisations mentioned in III of article R. 2272-9;b) The most representative professional employers' organisations at national and cross-industry le…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Territoriality

Article 259 A

As an exception to Article 259, the place of supply of the following services is located in France:1° The hiring of means of transport:a) Where they are of short duration and the means of transport is…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Applications for nullity of marriage

Article 180

A marriage that has been contracted without the free consent of both spouses, or of one of them, may only be challenged by the spouses, or by the one of the two whose consent was not free, or by the p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Other penalties and miscellaneous measures

Article 1823

Trade in articles of precious metal is prohibited for manufacturers, merchants, traders and refiners who have been the subject of more than two official reports relating to infringements of guarantee…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Other penalties and miscellaneous measures

Article 1825

The closure of any establishment in which one of the offences mentioned in Article 1817 has been observed may be ordered, for a period not exceeding six months, by prefectoral order issued on the prop…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Other penalties and miscellaneous measures

Article 1824

Manufacturers, importers or merchants of books or rolls of tickets for admission to theatres, constituted in contravention of the regulations relating to the said tickets, may be prohibited, by simple…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Continuation of the business during the observation period.

Article R631-25

…of-assignment report filed by the judicial representatives under the conditions of articles R. 626-39 and R. 626-40. It is communicated to the persons mentioned in article R. 621-7 and is advertised a…

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