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Showing 27412750 of 62496 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 1983 · Cass. 3e civ. 2 October 2002 · Cass. 3e civ. 3 May 2006

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Support systems for the general public and professionals to coordinate complex healthcare pathways

Article D6327-3

…lth agency, where applicable jointly with the departmental councils in accordance with article L. 1435-3.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Electronic money institutions

Article L775-20

…d in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 526-1 to L. 526-4 Law no. 2013-100 of 28 January 2013 L. 526-5 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals.

Article L1242-3

In addition to the cases provided for in Article L. 1242-2, a fixed-term employment contract may be concluded : 1° Under legal provisions designed to encourage the recruitment of certain categories of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 2: Journalists accompanying Members of Parliament

Article R744-39

…he European Parliament elected in France in accordance with the second paragraph of article L. 744-12, the head of the holding centre, his deputy or the person in charge of managing administrative fil…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of industrial and commercial profits

Article 35

…le property, with a view to erecting one or more buildings and selling them, en bloc or by premises;2° Persons engaging in intermediary transactions for the purchase, subscription or sale of the prope…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: International applications

Article R614-34

The provisions of articles R. 411-19 to R. 411-26 and R. 618-3 apply to the litigation referred to in Article L. 411-4.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Write-offs

Article R123-314

…y to the keeper of the National Register of Companies, via the single body mentioned in Article R. 123-1, for the removal of the entries relating to the decisions mentioned in Article R. 123-298 when:…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Write-offs

Article R123-317

…informed by any administrative or judicial authority via the single body mentioned in Article R. 123-1 and under the conditions provided for in Article R. 123-7, shall proceed with the deregistratio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Write-offs

Article R123-316

…sets or the dissolution of the association, or the judicial liquidation due to insufficient assets; 3° At the end of the period of one month following the mention of the request for regularisation in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Write-offs

Article R123-312

…tion from that register. The Registrar proceeds as specified in the second paragraph of article R. 123-83. The automatic removal of a legal entity from the Trade and Companies Register is equivalent t…

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