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Showing 19011910 of 48199 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 22 May 1968 · Cass. 3e civ. 25 January 1983 · Cass. com. 21 March 1995 · Cass. 3e civ. 29 May 1991 · Cass. 3e civ. 27 June 1990 · Cass. ass. plén. 6 October 2006 · Cass. ass. plén. 13 January 2020

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-22

…guaranteed yield and the average rate of profit sharing for all contracts of the same type;-from 1 January 2022, the manner in which the investment policy takes into account environmental, social and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Specific powers of the President of the Investigating Chamber

Article 221-3

…provided for by Article 175 has not been issued, the President of the Examining Magistrate's Court may, of his or her own motion or at the request of the Public Prosecutor or the person under investi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Assessment of tax

Article 221 bis

…rovided for in Article 208 C for their fixed assets other than those referred to in IV of l'article 219, if they undertake to calculate any capital gains realised at a later date on their disposal on…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Possibility of an agreement and specific terms and conditions resulting therefrom.

Article L1233-21

…ve bodies laid down in this Title and in Book III of Part Two, a company, group or branch agreement may lay down the terms and conditions for informing and consulting the Social and Economic Committee…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Judgement

Article R1454-21

If the claimant fails to appear before the judgment committee without a legitimate reason, article 468 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall apply. If, after having been pronounced, the declaration of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Disputes arising during the performance of a contract of employment

Article R743-139-13

…ate the mediation.The summons shall specify that the interested parties must appear in person. They may be assisted by counsel.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Capital increase.

Article L3332-21

The General Meeting which decides on the capital increase may provide for the free allocation of shares or other securities giving access to the capital. The total benefit resulting from this allocati…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the activities of officers and agents of the judicial police

Article 229-1

…onal misconduct or a serious breach of honour or probity by one of the persons mentioned in article 224 affecting the person's ability to carry out judicial police duties, the president of the investi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Disciplinary procedure

Article R241-22

…the Board or the agent of the Agency appointed pursuant to the last paragraph of Article R. 232-11 may attend the hearing and submit observations. Where appropriate, the member of the Board may be as…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Information.

Article LO6221-22

…issued by the Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Council. Without prejudice to Article LO 6221-20, in urgent cases, the period provided for in the first paragraph of this Article may be shor…

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