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Showing 51015110 of 23842 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 15-12-2010 n° 09-15.211

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Demergers

Article L236-26

As an exception to the provisions of Article L. 236-25, it may be stipulated that the companies benefiting from the demerger will only be liable for that part of the liabilities of the demerged compan…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R4544-1

The provisions of this chapter include special requirements for operations carried out on electrical installations or in their vicinity. They do not apply to electrical energy distribution installatio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Provisions specific to certain local public services

Article L1852-4

…are adopted by the High Commissioner within three years of the date of publication of l'ordonnance n° 2006-173 du 15 février 2006 portant actualisation et adaptation du droit applicable en matière de…

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

Article L225-179

…ed thirty-eight months. However, authorisations granted prior to the date of publication of the loi n° 2001-420 du 15 mai 2001 relative aux nouvelles régulations économiques are valid until their expi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Provisions specific to the communes of Marseille and Lyon

Article L2513-7

…en the resources allocated to the Bouches-du-Rhône department, pursuant to I of l'article 53 de loi n° 2004-1484 du 30 décembre 2004 de finances pour 2005, and the reduction made, pursuant to the thir…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-10 (art. A212-167)

…les D. 212-70 to D. 212-83, for the corresponding degree and appearing opposite in column 2. COLUMN N° 1COLUMN N° 2Aikido Order of 30 June 1971 Brevet d'Etat de professeur de judo, karaté, aïkido - pr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Public prosecution and investigating authorities

Article D15-3

For the application of the provisions of articles 39-1 and 39-2 of this code, the public prosecutor is an ex officio member of the territorial cooperation bodies for the prevention of delinquency ment…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article R663-16

The commissioner responsible for the implementation of the plan shall be allocated, in respect of a mission to collect and distribute dividends determined by the plan, remuneration equal to an emolume…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: "My Training Activity" information system

Article R6351-16

I.-The user, provider of actions contributing to the development of skills, enters, records and transmits the data mentioned in article R. 6351-15. II.-The user, an agent responsible for monitoring vo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions relating to the control of groups

Article R356-1

I.-The composition of the college of supervisors referred to in Article L. 356-7-1 includes the group supervisor, the supervisory authorities of all the Member States in which the subsidiary insurance…

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