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Showing 441450 of 57097 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 31-1-2012 n° 10-28.591

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation, registration and commencement of business of the company.

Article R743-31

The appointment of a company to a commercial court clerk's office, the appointment of each of the partners who will practice within the company and the acceptance of their resignation are pronounced b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Prescribing, ordering and dispensing procedures

Article R5139-31

Persons authorised to supply proprietary medicinal products for human use, proprietary veterinary medicinal products, investigational medicinal products for human use or auto-vaccines for veterinary u…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Common provisions

Article 103

Subject to the provisions of Article 218 bis, the taxable profits of the partners in name, the general partners and the members of the companies referred to in articles 8 and 8 ter, shall be determine…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative penalties

Article R5212-31

The list of employers who have not fulfilled the obligations defined in articles L. 5212-2 and L. 5212-6 to L. 5212-11 is forwarded by the association mentioned in article L. 5214-1 to the Prefect of…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Local investment funds

Article L214-31

I. - Local investment funds (fonds d'investissement de proximité) are venture capital investment funds (fonds communs de placement à risques), at least 70% of whose assets consist of financial securit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation of the business start-up or takeover support programme

Article R5141-31

If the application is accepted, the operator, acting on behalf of the State, will enter into a support contract with the person, indicating which of the three phases defined in article R. 5141-29 is t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Training period.

Article R321-31

Exclusion from the course may be ordered by the Board on disciplinary grounds after the person concerned has been given the opportunity to present his defence.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Objections of lis pendens and connexity.

Article 106

In the event that the two courts have declined jurisdiction, the later decision shall be considered null and void.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Procedure for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators and revision of the list.

Article R811-31

The application for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators shall be sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the secretary of the commission. It shall be accomp…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Calculation methods for fiction, animation and audiovisual adaptations of live performances

Article 311-44

The coefficients applicable to works in the animation genre are determined as follows: I.-The works are divided into two groups: 1° First group: works with French hourly expenditure of €350,000 or mor…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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