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Showing 50415050 of 49525 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 2-2-2005 n° 135

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounts and deposits

Article D753-2

…312-5No. 2018-229 of 30 March 2018D. 312-5-1no. 2016-1811 of 22 December 2016D. 312-8 and D. 312-8-2n° 2022-347 of 11 March 2022D. 312-23 and D. 312-24n° 2019-1213 of 21 November 2019II. - For the app…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking transactions, payment services, issuance and management of electronic money

Article D754-2

…312-5No. 2018-229 of 30 March 2018D. 312-5-1no. 2016-1811 of 22 December 2016D. 312-8 and D. 312-8-2n° 2022-347 of 11 March 2022D. 312-23 and D. 312-24n° 2019-1213 of 21 November 2019II. - For the app…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounts and deposits

Article D752-2

…312-5No. 2018-229 of 30 March 2018D. 312-5-1no. 2016-1811 of 22 December 2016D. 312-8 and D. 312-8-2n° 2022-347 of 11 March 2022D. 312-23 and D. 312-24n° 2019-1213 of 21 November 2019II. - For the app…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial organisation

Article R114-20

I.-The budget is drawn up taking particular account of the establishment's project, the objectives and performance contract signed with the State, as well as the agreements signed with the region to w…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to sub-contracts

Article R2393-2

For the application of the provisions of sub-sections 1 to 3, the following are not considered to be sub-contractors: 1° Members of the same grouping in relation to each other; 2° Economic operators o…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-2

Articles L. 222-2-1 to L. 222-2-8 apply to: 1° Salaried professional athletes, defined as any person whose remunerated activity is the pursuit of a sporting activity in a legally subordinate relations…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L234-2

In companies other than sociétés anonymes, the statutory auditor shall ask the manager, under conditions set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, for explanations of the facts referred to in the first par…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rights of foreign employees.

Article L8252-2

The foreign employee is entitled, in respect of the period of unlawful employment : 1° To payment of salary and related benefits, in accordance with the legal provisions, collective bargaining agreeme…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article R333-2

In the event of transfer of ownership of all or part of the audiovisual exploitation rights under the conditions set out inArticle R. 333-1, the professional league or the commercial company referred…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Additional capital requirement

Article R352-26

The capital add-on referred to in 1° and 2° of Article L. 352-3 is calculated in such a way as to ensure that the undertaking complies with Article L. 352-1. The capital add-on referred to in 3° of I…

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