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Showing 44414450 of 47269 articles for Art. Cass. ass. plén. 7 February 1986 · Cass. 1re civ. 4 March 1986 · Cass. com. 8 March 2017 n° 15-21.155 · Cass. 3e civ. 27 June 2001 · Cass. 1re civ. 27 November 2019 n° 18-18.402

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article D45-7

…exoneration form specifies the conditions for admissibility of the request provided for in article 495-18, the methods of payment of the deposit except in the cases provided for by article D. 45-15,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Requirements relating to the design and installation of electrical installations

Article R4215-8

In the event of an emergency, devices are available to cut off the power supply to circuits or groups of circuits in the event of an unexpected danger of electric shock, fire or explosion.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-4-1 (art. A212-76)

…territory OI 113 EC Analyse the impact of public policies on the activity of the organisation OI 114 EC Formalise strategic diagnoses for the organisation's elected representatives OI 12 CE Draw up a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1. Transferable securities, company rights and similar securities

Article 150-0 D ter

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of acceptance of the succession up to the amount of the net assets.

Article 793

Within the period provided for in article 792, the heir may declare that he is retaining in kind one or more assets of the succession. In this case, he owes the value of the property set out in the in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-84

The written questions referred to in the third paragraph of Article L. 225-108 are sent to the registered office by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt addressed to the Chairman of the B…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 quinquies : Capital gains realised on contributions to companies or restructuring of professional non-trading companies

Article 151 octies C

…iation, the conversion of a company or body placed under the partnership regime defined in articles 8 to 8 terin an association of lawyers as referred to in article 238 bis LA subject to the same regi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable to natural persons

Article 797

If the application is rejected, a new application may not be made until two years have elapsed, unless the rejection of the first application was due to insufficient time for proof. In this case, the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Obligations.

Article R228-83

Release of registrations shall be made by the representatives of the group of bondholders concerned.Except in the cases provided for in the contract of issue, the representatives of the group of bondh…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Group action

Article 849-1

Other than the information prescribed in articles 752 or 753 as the case may be, the writ shall expressly set out, on pain of nullity, the individual cases presented by the plaintiff in support of his…

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