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Showing 23512360 of 47439 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 5-3-1997 n° 369

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Transferable debt securities.

Article L228-50

In urgent cases, representatives of the group may be appointed by court order at the request of any interested party.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Financial and accounting system

Article R211-18-5

The Institut national du sport, de l'expertise et de la performance is subject to a posteriori budgetary control by the State under the conditions set out in article L. 719-9 of the Education Code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees.

Article L225-197-5

The Ordinary General Meeting of the company that directly or indirectly has majority control over the company awarding the free shares shall be informed in accordance with the conditions set out in ar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership

Article L22-10-59

I.-The provisions of the Articles of Association concerning the case of free share allocations to certain categories of a company's salaried employees provided for in the third sentence of the second…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-5-1

Before entering into a business relationship, the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 shall collect information relating to the purpose and nature of the relationship and any other relevant inform…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Notification, publication and filing.

Article L2231-5-1

Branch, group, inter-company, company and establishment agreements are made public and included in a national database, the content of which is published online in an easily reusable open standard. Th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Safeguard plan.

Article R626-58-1

The status of affected party and the methods for dividing into classes and calculating the votes corresponding to claims or rights allowing a vote to be cast may be contested by each affected party, t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Monitoring compliance with obligations and penalties

Article R561-50-1

For the purposes of III of Article L. 561-40, the Commission's decision shall be published on the Commission's website. The publication shall mention at least the sanction imposed and the nature of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Monitoring compliance with obligations and penalties

Article R561-50-2

Without prejudice to the publication on the website provided for in Article R. 561-50-1, the decision may also be published, on expiry of the appeal period, in the publications, newspapers or media de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Traditional herbal medicinal products

Article R5121-107-5

The detailed summaries of the tests accompanying the application for registration and the expert reports are drawn up and signed by persons with the necessary qualifications and experience as mentione…

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