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Showing 64116420 of 30818 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 28-5-1997 n° 95-17.953

French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 6: Suspension of the procedure for examining applications for business authorisations provided for in article L. 752-1-2

Article R752-29-5

The suspension order provided for in articles R. 752-29-2 and R. 752-29-3 exposes: 1° The objectives pursued by the territorial revitalisation operation agreement that the project is likely to comprom…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R752-44-5

The authorisation is granted for a period of five years, with no tacit renewal possible. It is valid throughout the department. The prefectoral order authorising an organisation pursuant to the first…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Direct referral to the Commission nationale d'aménagement commercial (National Commission for Commercial Development)

Article R752-43-5

The four-month period allowed for the National Commission to give its decision begins on receipt of the new application by its secretariat. The National Commission forwards the new application to the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R927-1-5

Article R. 712-2 is replaced by the following provisions: "Supervision of the Mayotte Chamber of Commerce and Industry is exercised by the State representative in Mayotte assisted by the local directo…

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Article Annexe 9-5

JURISDICTION WITH JURISDICTION IN APPLICATION OF ARTICLE L. 420-7, PROCEDURES APPLICABLE TO PERSONS WHO ARE TRADERS OR CRAFTSMEN SIEGE DES TRIBUNAUX de commerce RESSORT Paris. Resort of the Saint-Pier…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities

Article A123-80-5

The amount of the fee provided for in article R. 123-208-3 of the French Commercial Code is set at 30 euros.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Miscellaneous acts

Article A444-163-5

The ownership certificate issued following the automatic dissolution of a non-trading property company that has not been registered and which results in undivided ownership between the former partners…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Territorial allocation for local authority investment

Article R2573-58-1

Each year, the Local Finance Committee sets the categories of eligible priority operations and determines the applicable subsidy rates for each of them. The Local Finance Committee sets the categories…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Territorial allocation for local authority investment

Article R2573-58-2

The Local Finance Committee, in accordance with the choices made pursuant to Article R. 2573-58-1, distributes the territorial allocation for investment by the communes between the communes of French…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General powers

Article R3551-6-5

An internal regulation, adopted by deliberation of the General Council on the proposal of the operating council, sets out the operating procedures of the Mayotte fire brigade and the service obligatio…

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