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Showing 271280 of 24343 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 10 Feb. 2021 – no. 18-23398

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Stock options.

Article L225-182

…n the Conseil d'Etat. No options may be granted to employees or corporate officers owning more than 10% of the share capital.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Consultation on social policy, working conditions and employment

Article R2312-18

…working conditions and employment, with the information provided for in headings 1° A e, 1° A f and 10° of the table in article R. 2312-8.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Declaration of voluntary association involvement

Article R5151-18

…ired to acquire the rights recorded on the personal training account referred to in article L. 5151-10.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Water and sanitation

Article L2564-18

For the application to Mayotte of the first paragraph of article L. 2224-10, the words: "after a public enquiry carried out in accordance with Chapter III of Title II of Book I of the Environmental Co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Other penalties and miscellaneous measures

Article 1825 F

…t the information he or she provided was provided prior to the report. The penalties of Article 226-10 of the Penal Code shall apply to any individual found to have, verbally or in writing, falsely an…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article L335-18

…cil of State shall set: 1° The conditions for applying the measures provided for in articles L. 335-10 to L. 335-16; 2° The conditions under which goods likely to infringe a copyright or related right…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Cessation of registration on the jobseekers' list.

Article R5411-18

…te mediation with the Pôle emploi Regional Mediator under the conditions set out in Articles R. 213-10 to R. 213-13 of the Code of Administrative Justice.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Urban solidarity and social cohesion grant.

Article L2334-18

…the national averages recorded for these municipalities for those recorded for municipalities with 10,000 inhabitants or more. The municipalities are ranked according to the decreasing value of their…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Filing of international applications

Article L614-18

…e la propriété industrielle then acts as a receiving office within the meaning of Articles 2-XV and 10 of the Washington Treaty.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Transitional provisions

Article L5217-18

As from the general renewal of the municipal councils following the promulgation of Law no. 2014-58 of 27 January 2014 on the modernisation of territorial public action and the affirmation of metropol…

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