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Showing 48914900 of 22671 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 28-11-2012 n° 11-14.671

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article D233-16-1

I. - The threshold provided for in I of article L. 233-28-1 is that set out in I of article D. 232-8-1. II. - The threshold provided for in II of article L. 233-28-2 is that set out in II of article D…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Mandates given by local authorities and their public bodies to collect their revenue

Article D1611-32-3

The mandate given pursuant to Article

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors.

Article R1413-14

The decisions referred to in 5° of Article R. 1413-12 are enforceable under the conditions laid down in Title III of Decree No. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting manageme…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Data communication service providers

Article L549-1

Data communication service providers are defined in point 36a of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in fina…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article L335-1

The competent judicial police officers may proceed, as soon as the offences provided for in Articles L. 335-4 à L. 335-4-2, the seizure of illegally reproduced phonograms and videograms, illegally man…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Provisions applicable to public employers

Article L1251-61

Employees made available by a temporary employment agency to a public legal entity are subject to the rules governing the organisation and operation of the department in which they work and to the obl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L1133-3

As stated in Article 226-27 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below: "The act of identifying a person by genetic fingerprinting for medical or scientific research purposes or of taking biological trace…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4 : Digital equipment for cinemas cinematographic establishments

Article L213-19

In order to preserve the diversity of the cinematographic offer, any practice is prohibited and any contractual clause is deemed to be unwritten which is likely to make either the choice of distributi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-13

The special rights mentioned in article L. 228-11 may be exercised in the company that directly or indirectly owns more than half of the capital of the issuer or in the company of which the issuer dir…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: CASES IN WHICH A FOREIGNER MAY BE SUBJECT TO A REMISSION DECISION

Article L621-5

A decision to surrender to the competent authorities of a Member State of the European Union may be taken in the case of a foreign national holding a valid residence permit bearing the words "EU Blue…

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