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Showing 24812490 of 62496 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 1983 · Cass. 3e civ. 2 October 2002 · Cass. 3e civ. 3 May 2006

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-28

Cinema operators may submit an application for a first classification in year n+1 in the following cases:1° Opening of the cinema between 1st January and 31st December of year n-1;2° Refusal to classi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article L1274-3

As stated in article 511-26 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below:"Attempting to commit the offences set out in articles 511-2, 511-3, 511-4, 511-5, 511-5-1, 511-5-2, 511-6, 511-9, 511-15, 511-16 and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Articles of association, share capital, shares.

Article R4113-35

…rovisions that must be included in the Articles of Association underarticle 11 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies, and those that may be included unde…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Innovation mutual funds

Article L214-30

…d liability company shares and current account advances, as defined in I and 1° of II of article L. 214-28, which grant subscribers of equity securities only the rights resulting from their status as…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Account funding

Article D6323-3-3

…training account of the employee benefiting from the employment obligation mentioned in article L. 5212-13 is topped up annually by 300 euros in respect of the increase provided for in the third parag…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Statutory Auditors.

Article L820-3

…entities that control it or that are controlled by it, within the meaning of I and II of Article L. 233-3. Information on the total amount of fees received is included in the documents made available…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Content and transmission of declarations

Article R561-31

…my.This declaration, typed and duly signed, is sent to the department referred to in Article L. 561-23 in accordance with the procedures defined by order of the Minister for the Economy. This order ma…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Minority rights

Article 388

…etermining age, in the absence of valid identity documents and where the alleged age is not likely, may only be carried out by decision of the judicial authority and after obtaining the consent of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Building and public works employers.

Article L6331-35

…nies belonging to the building and public works professions falling within the scope of articles L. 3141-32 and L. 3141-33, relating to the paid leave fund, and articles L. 5424-6 to L. 5424-19, relat…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Compliance with the obligation to declare entry into French territory as set out in Article L. 621-3

Article R621-2

Subject to the provisions of article R. 621-4, the foreign national submits the declaration of entry into French territory mentioned in article L. 621-3 to the national police services or, in the abse…

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