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Showing 50315040 of 44539 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 3-11-2021 n° 20-20.219

French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article R625-3

The mandataire judiciaire shall inform each employee by any means of the nature and amount of the admitted or rejected claims and shall indicate the date on which the statement of claims is filed at t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Financial provisions

Article L4414-3

The Ile-de-France region benefits from the allocation of the share of the proceeds from construction fees for offices and industrial premises provided for in articles L. 520-1 to L. 520-11 of the town…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Investment rules

Article R214-30

The UCITS ensures that its overall risk linked to financial contracts does not exceed the total net value of its portfolio. The overall risk is calculated taking into account the current value of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for admission to the profession.

Article R511-3

In the case of mutual and cooperative networks, the European Central Bank may, on a proposal from the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and after obtaining the opinion of the central bo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Voluntary sales of movable property by public auction

Article A321-34

Admission is granted by the selection board if the average of the marks obtained by the candidate is equal to or higher than 10 out of 20. At the end of the test, the selection board will draw up a li…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Measures to boost audiovisual production

Article 916-34

In order to take account of delays in production activity linked to the introduction of health measures, works which, in addition to the conditions set out in 1° to 4° of article 311-29, have been the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Expiry of the contract term.

Article L1251-33

The end-of-assignment indemnity is not due: 1° When the assignment contract is concluded under 3° of article L. 1251-6 if an extended collective agreement between the professional organisations of emp…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Loss of French nationality

Article 23-3

French nationals lose their French nationality if they exercise the option to renounce their French nationality in the cases provided for in Articles 18-1, 19-4 and 22-3.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of authorisation

Article R131-3

Sports federations applying for approval under article L. 131-8 must :1° Have adopted statutes containing provisions guaranteeing the democratic nature of their elections and operation, the transparen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIIc: Enforcement of sentences and probation decisions in application of the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 27 November 2008

Article 764-3

Alternative sanctions and probation measures the monitoring of which may be transferred to the executing State are those which impose one or more of the following obligations or injunctions: 1° An obl…

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