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Showing 15911600 of 19108 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 27 Sept. 2017

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-44

Subject to articles L. 225-21-1, L. 225-22, L. 225-23, L. 225-27 and L. 225-27-1, directors may not receive from the company any remuneration, permanent or otherwise, other than that provided for in a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prudential provisions

Article L526-28

…n the requirements laid down in I of Article L. 526-9 and in the second paragraph of Article L. 526-27.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health protection and the environment

Article D1513-2

Article D. 1332-22, the second and third paragraphs of article D. 1332-27 and article D. 1332-30 come into force in Mayotte on 31 December 2019.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Termination by mutual agreement as part of a collective agreement on collective redundancy by mutual agreement

Article L1237-19-1

…g Agreement. In accordance with the provisions of X of Article 40 and III ofArticle 10 of Order No. 2017-1387 of 22 September 2017, the provisions resulting from Article 10 of said Order and requiring…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of in vitro diagnostic medical devices.

Article L5221-6

…y require, certain self-diagnostic devices mentioned in paragraph 5 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 and appearing on a list set by order of the Minister for Health issued on a proposal from t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Growth market for small and medium-sized enterprises

Article D424-4

…sation referred to in Article L. 424-6 is set in Article 77 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565 of 25 April 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the C…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Classification of offices.

Article D133-28

…in the département. They may be followed by a compliance injunction as mentioned in article D. 133-27.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article L921-2

The exemptions provided for in articles L. 123-25 to L. 123-27 are applicable to natural persons subject to a simplified tax regime under the regulations in force in Mayotte.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholder default.

Article R228-26

…228-29 is thirty days from the formal notice provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 228-27.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Single risk assessment document

Article R4121-3

…risk assessment document is used to draw up the annual report provided for in 1° of Article L. 2312-27.

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