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Showing 381390 of 37142 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 19 March 1996 · Cass. com. 15 September 2009 · Cass. com. 16 January 1973 · Cass. 1re civ. 14 March 1962 · Cass. com. 12 November 2008 · Cass. com. 9 October 2019 n° 18-13.286

French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-19

…conferred on the delegating federations by this section and by Articles L. 222-7, L. 222-11, L. 222-15, L. 222-16, L. 222-18, L. 222-19, L. 311-2 and L. 331-4 to L. 331-7 may be exercised, for a speci…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Transfer of shares.

Article 1863

If no offer to purchase is made to the transferor within six months of the last of the notifications provided for in the third paragraph of Article 1861, approval of the transfer is deemed to have bee…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 728-12

Any sentencing decision transmitted pursuant to this chapter for the purposes of recognition and enforcement on French territory or that of another Member State or any request for transit shall be acc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article D1142-19

Any differences in the representation of men and women mentioned in article D. 1142-16, as well as the way in which they are published, are sent to the services of the Minister for Employment using a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Criminal penalties

Article 1812

1. Infringements of the law of 16 March 1915, amended by that of 17 July 1922 relating to the prohibition of the manufacture, wholesale and retail sale and circulation of absinthe and similar liqueurs…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 182

Partial dismissal orders may be issued during the course of the investigation. Partial referral orders or partial transmission orders may be issued under the same conditions when, in respect of one or…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1839

If the articles of association do not contain all the particulars required by law or if a formality prescribed by law has been omitted or irregularly performed, any interested party is entitled to app…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Direct selling of banking services

Article L754-15

…t-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 341-1 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 341-2 Order no. 2019-1067 of 21 October 2019 L. 341-3, with the exception…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Revolving credit

Article R341-18

…with any of the obligations relating to the renewal of renewable contracts set out in articles L. 312-75 to L. 312-83 is punishable by the fine laid down for 5th class offences.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Profits

Article L232-19

…es whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the issue price may not be less than 90% of the average of the prices quoted over the twenty trading sessions preceding the date of the d…

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