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Showing 39213930 of 40442 articles for Art. Cass. ass. plén. 24 April 1970 · Cass. 1re civ. 11 December 2001 · Cass. com. 24 January 2006 · Cass. com. 31 May 1988

French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the family court

Article 373-2-11

…take into consideration: 1° The practice previously followed by the parents or any agreements they may have previously entered into; 2° The feelings expressed by the minor child under the conditions…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Open-ended inclusion contracts

Article D5132-26-11

An intermediary association may conclude open-ended contracts as referred to in article D. 5132-26-9, up to a limit of 20% of the number of full-time integration workstations set out in the agreement.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Designation procedures

Article R23-112-17

An appeal may be lodged against the decision of the court of first instance within ten days of its notification. The appeal is lodged, investigated and judged under the conditions set out in articles…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2-1: Establishing the biological profile of athletes falling within the scope of Article L. 230-3

Article R232-67-11

…ssport management unit, the College of the French Anti-Doping Agency draws up a list of experts who may be appointed to take part in the work of the committee referred to in article L. 232-22-1.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to the collection of parking charges by a contracting third party

Article R2333-120-11

…payment of the post-parking charge within the period in which it is due, a third-party organisation may be used, under the conditions and according to the procedures set out in article L. 1611-7-1.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Société de libre partenariat (unincorporated partnership)

Article L214-162-11

…ontributions to the members, as well as the conditions under which the société de libre partenariat may request the return of all or part of such assets.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter XI: Sharing capital gains on the sale of shares with company employees

Article L23-11-1

Any holder of shares in a company may give a commitment to all of the company's employees to share with them part of the capital gain on the sale or repurchase of his shares on the day he sells or rep…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Supervision and inspection.

Article L811-11-3

The auditor of a debtor subject to safeguard, receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings may not invoke professional secrecy in response to requests from the auditor of the court-appointed adm…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R711-11-1

The experiments mentioned in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 711-1 are consistent with the sectoral plans.Territorial chambers of commerce and industry wishing to carry out these experiments must s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article L641-11-1

…n or any contractual clause, no indivisibility, termination or resolution of a contract in progress may result solely from the opening or pronouncement of a judicial liquidation. The co-contractor mus…

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