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Showing 98419850 of 31009 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 31-5-2007 n° 06-12.907

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: List of ad hoc administrators

Article R53-1

…5° Not have been subject to personal bankruptcy or another sanction pursuant to Title VI of the loi n° 85-98 du 25 janvier 1985 relative au redressement et à la liquidation judiciaires des entreprises…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Functional protection

Article R722-40

In the event that the agreement provided for in article R. 722-31 of this code has not been concluded, the costs incurred shall be paid directly to the judge on presentation of the invoices paid by hi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Simplified exchange of information between departments pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 18 December 2006

Article R49-39

Where they are unable to respond to a request for information or where they refuse to respond to such a request for one of the reasons provided for in articles 695-9-39 to 695-9-42, the departments an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Vocational training and apprenticeships (R).

Article R1614-13

…apprenticeship and continuing vocational training programmes provided for in article 84 of the loi n° 83-8 du 7 janvier 1983 relative à la répartition des compétences entre les communes, les départem…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L950-1

…6-1, L. 135-1 to L. 135-3;Article L. 123-6 shall apply in its wording resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-1635 du 1er décembre 2016 renforçant le dispositif français de lutte contre le blanchiment e…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 43 bis

Companies which, having subscribed to the initial capital of the sociétés immobilières conventionnées referred to in Order no. 58-876 of 24 September 1958 or to their capital increases, have waived, w…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation of the company.

Article R743-121

I. - Natural persons who fulfil the conditions required to practise the profession of commercial court clerk, but who do not hold an office of commercial court clerk, may form a partnership between th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial and accounting provisions

Article R823-19

…laboratory is subject to the economic and financial control of the State provided for by the décret n° 53-707 du 9 août 1953 relatif au contrôle de l'Etat dans les entreprises publiques nationales et…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Schools of territorial chambers of commerce and industry and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L711-21

Public law employees placed at the disposal of a consular higher education establishment choose whether to exercise their right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections for staff representatives…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Schools of territorial chambers of commerce and industry and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L711-20

The staff representatives on the works councils of the consular higher education establishments are elected from lists drawn up by the trade union organisations for each college. The committees compri…

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