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Showing 49014910 of 22424 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 10 Dec. 2003 – no. 01-11.923

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article R225-160

…s kept pursuant to article L. 225-211 to record transactions carried out pursuant to articles L. 22-10-62 and L. 225-209-2 separately indicates purchase transactions and sale transactions.For each of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company.

Article R229-24

…ed transformation of the société européenne, provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 229-10, is the subject of a notice inserted in a medium authorised to receive legal announcements in the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Syndicate of communes

Article L5212-25

…ing resources of a commune that is a member of a syndicate by a percentage equal to or greater than 10% of the revenue of the operating section, in the case of a commune with fewer than 20,000 inhabit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-111

…rom the temporary purchases and sales of securities mentioned in article R. 214-116 must not exceed 10% of its net assets. III. - The use by an undertaking for collective investment in real estate of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article D1142-14

…thin two months of the expiry of the period provided for in the second paragraph of article D. 1142-10. It shall ask the beneficiary to provide the income used to calculate the penalty in accordance w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Surface fresh water used or intended to be used for the production of water intended for human consumption

Article R1321-39

…alues for 95% of samples and comply with the guide values for 90% of samples;3° For the other 5% or 10% of samples, as appropriate :a) The values of the parameters do not differ by more than 50% from…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Work within the protection perimeter

Article R1322-24

…It does the same for the owner of the land for which occupation is requested under article L. 1322-10.If the Prefect remains silent on the request for more than two months, this constitutes a decisio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R743-84

…thout prejudice to any other useful indications and in particular those provided for by articles 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 19 and 20 of the loi n° 66-879 du 29 novembre 1966 relative aux sociétés civiles pro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Judicial representatives

Article R812-23-2

…suspension or a ban imposed under the conditions provided for in 3° and 4° of II of Article L. 814-10-2, the Public Prosecutor at the judicial court within whose jurisdiction this person has his prof…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Notaries' fees

Article A444-175

…he conditions set out in Article A. 444-174. If the sum mentioned in the previous paragraph exceeds 10% of the value of the property or right that is the subject of the transfer, the total fees receiv…

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