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Showing 55215530 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 Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Transferable securities giving access to the capital or giving entitlement to the allotment of debt securities.

Article R228-91

For the application of 3° of article L. 228-99, the adjustment equalises, to the nearest hundredth of a share, the value of the securities that are obtained in the event of the exercise of the rights…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
c: Other procedural acts

Article R40-14

In the month following the expiry of the fifteen-day period provided for in Article R. 40-12 or the last paragraph of article R. 40-13, the chairman of the committee shall appoint a rapporteur from am…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article L211-14

…der the insurer to pay into the guarantee fund provided for in article L. 421-1 a sum not exceeding 15% of the compensation awarded, without prejudice to any damages owed to the victim as a result.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Access to shores and beaches.

Article L341-14

…articles L. 321-9 du code de l'environnement et L. 2124-4 du code général de la…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxable income of foreign nationals and persons not resident in France for tax purposes

Article 164 B

…alaried or not, carried out in France or profit-making operations within the meaning of the article 92 and carried out in France; e) Profits from operations defined in article 35, when they relate to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Mayotte Regional Health Agency

Article D1446-14

For the application of article D. 1432-35 in Mayotte, the references to article D. 1432-28 and article D. 1432-32 are replaced by references to article D. 1446-8 and article D. 1446-12 respectively.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Termination of service

Article R6152-933

…cle 10 of decree no. 2020-1017 of 7 August 2020 implementing IV and V of article 83 of law no. 2006-1640 of 21 December 2006 on the funding of social security for 2007 and relating to the practice of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation of the company.

Article R743-126

…prove the proposed transferee, it shall proceed in accordance with the provisions ofarticles L. 223-14 and L. 228-24.If the acquirer is a third party to the company, the provisions ofarticles R. 743-4…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4421-14

Article L. 4151-1 is applicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Law No. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016 on the modernisation of our healthcare system. Articl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Challenging the measures imposed

Article R733-14

A judgment which, pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 733-12, provisionally orders the execution of one or more of the measures provided for in Articles L. 733-1, L. 733-4 and L. 733-7, is not su…

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