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Showing 40014010 of 23051 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 10 July 2007 – no. 05-19.373

French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter III: Seizures notified to public accountants

Article R143-3

Subject to the provisions of article 6-1 of decree no. 93-977 of 31 July 1993 relating to seizures and assignments notified to public accountants and postal cheque centres or the Caisse Nationale d'Ép…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R132-2

…age applicable in mainland France, calculated on the basis of the legal working week, in force on 1 July preceding the date on which the reduction is requested.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exceptional aid to help offset the loss of revenue resulting from the introduction of the health pass

Article 919-53

…cle 221-4 for the distribution of cinematographic works that:1° Were released in cinemas between 14 July 2021 and 28 September 2021;2° Have not given rise to the issue of a distribution licence mentio…

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

Article R743-89

…erting in a legal announcements medium the notices provided for in articles 22, 24 and 26 of decree no. 78-704 of 3 July 1978 relating to the application of law no. 78-9 of 4 January 1978 amending Tit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out.

Article L228-35-9

…res, be purchased under the conditions provided for in the last two paragraphs of Article L. 228-35-10 and cancelled. Any purchase of ordinary shares that does not comply with this paragraph may be ca…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L641-6

…a legal entity, may be appointed to one of the positions provided for in article L. 641-1 or L. 641-10, except in cases where this provision prevents the appointment of an employee representative.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Use of the account for part-time work

Article L4163-11

…mployee's request to use his account for a change to part-time work as specified in Article L. 4163-10, the employee may refer the matter to the industrial tribunal under the conditions set out in Tit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees.

Article L225-179

…g of the option, by the company itself under the conditions defined in Articles L. 225-208 or L. 22-10-62. The Extraordinary General Meeting sets the period during which this authorisation may be used…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article L354-2

…hand column of the same table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR REACTION L. 341-1 Resulting from Order no. 2019-740 of 17 July 2019 L. 341-2 and L. 341-3 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Safeguard plan.

Article L626-2-1

…tive authorisation, approval, conventionnement or habilitation, mentioned in II of Article 1 of Law no. 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 relating to the social and solidarity economy, it shall consult the adm…

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