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Showing 43514360 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 Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional provisions relating to selective distribution aid

Article 919-40

…e 223-4, for the selective aid for the distribution of unreleased works provided for in article 221-24 allocated for a given work from the entry into force of deliberation no. 2021/CA/18 of 27 May 202…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Judgment

Article R4443-7

…7 of the Code of Civil Procedure of New Caledonia and in accordance with the provisions of articles 24 and 25 of deliberation no. 2001-200 AFP of 4 December 2001 on the Code of Civil Procedure of Fren…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Restrictive competition practices

Article L442-7

…r price, account is taken in particular of the production cost indicators mentioned in articles L. 631-24, L. 631-24-1, L. 631-24-3 and L. 632-2-1 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code or, whe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article R752-1

…e right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 312-1No. 2018-229 of 30 March 2018R. 312-1-2no. 2018-970 of 8 November 2018R. 312-4-1n° 2013-931 of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article R753-1

…e right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 312-1No. 2018-229 of 30 March 2018R. 312-1-2no. 2018-970 of 8 November 2018R. 312-4-1n° 2013-931 of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-6 (art R322-29)

…itials "CE" in accordance with the following layout: You can consult the cliché in the OJ n° 169 of 24/07/2009 text number 11 If the CE marking is reduced or enlarged, the proportions as shown in the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning undertakings subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-57-2

The administrative authority shall validate the collective agreement referred to in Article L. 1233-24-1 once it has ascertained that :1° It complies with articles L. 1233-24-1 to L. 1233-24-3 ; 2° Th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Negotiation procedures in companies with at least fifty employees

Article L2232-25-1

For the application of articles L. 2232-24 and L. 2232-25, the employer informs the members of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee of its intention to negotiate by any means that…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company

Article L229-9

If the European Company no longer has its central administration in France, any interested party may apply to the court to have the situation regularised by transferring the registered office or re-es…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Plenary session (R).

Article R5211-26

…nd, where applicable, the designations made in accordance with the second paragraph of article R. 5211-24.

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