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Showing 95019510 of 28975 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 7-11-2001 n° 99-20.962

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article R236-1

The draft terms of merger are drawn up by the board of directors, the management board or the manager(s) of each of the companies participating in the proposed transaction.It contains the following pa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article D3332-16-1

The annual statement of account sent to beneficiaries by the administrative account registrar, as provided for in article L. 3332-7-1, includes : 1° Identification of the company and the beneficiary;…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 5 : Acquisition of French nationality by decision of the public authorities

Article 21-19

…m the competent minister; 7° A foreign national who has obtained refugee status pursuant to the loi n° 52-893 du 25 juillet 1952 portant création d'un Office français de protection des réfugiés et apa…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conformity, safety and enhancement of products and services

Article L511-13

…icle 2 of Law no. 94-665 of 4 August 1994 relating to the use of the French language; 5° Of the loi n° 2010-729 du 30 juin 2010 tendant à suspendre la commercialisation de tout emballage comportant du…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Requests to make data available electronically

Article R15-33-68

…ectronic Communications Code, as well as the legal entities providing services mentioned in the loi n° 2004-575 du 21 juin 2004 pour la confiance dans l'économie numérique; 2° Financial, banking and c…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 6: Foreign nationals aged between sixteen and eighteen who declare that they wish to work

Article L421-35

Foreign nationals aged between sixteen and eighteen who declare that they wish to work shall be issued with one of the following residence permits: 1° A temporary residence permit bearing the words "v…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1872-1

I. - Article L. 1612-1, with the exception of its last paragraph, the articles L. 1612-2 to L. 1612-11, l'article L. 1612-12, the articles L. 1612-13 to L. 1612-15, L. 1612-16 to L. 1612-19-1 and the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Operating revenue

Article L3332-2

Non-tax revenue from the operating section consists in particular of:1° Income and proceeds from departmental properties;2° Proceeds from copies of old documents or deeds deposited in the archives;3°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Definitions.

Article L7121-2

The following in particular are considered to be performing artists:1° Lyric artists ;2° dramatic artists3° choreographic artists ;4° Variety artists5° Musician ;6° chansonnier ;7° Complementary artis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Determination of salary

Article R7422-8

Orders issued by the Prefect in accordance with articles L. 7422-6 and L. 7422-11 are published and inserted in the departmental administrative records within one month of the date on which they were…

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