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Showing 55015510 of 23051 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 10 July 2007 – no. 05-19.373

French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-11

…or of the agreement provided for in article L. 232-21, except where b of IV of article L. 232-23-3-10 is applied. Where the person concerned is currently serving a suspension for an anti-doping viola…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Communication media and exchanges of information

Article R2132-14

…ss by electronic means to the tools and devices mentioned in the first paragraph of Article R. 2132-10 from the date of publication of the notice of the call for competition or from the date of dispat…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Payment of the subcontractor

Article R2393-33

…ntractors are only paid directly if the amount of their subcontract is equal to or greater than: 1° 10% of the total amount of the contract when the subcontractor is a small or medium-sized enterprise…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Preparation of the draft plan.

Article L626-2

…tor, shall propose a plan, without prejudice to the application of the provisions of Article L. 622-10.The draft plan mentions the commitments to make cash contributions made for the implementation of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Filing formalities

Article R512-11

…st, no later than six months before the end of the three-year period provided for in Article R. 512-10, waive deferment of publication in writing and deliver to the National Institute of Industrial Pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article R225-117

…articles R. 225-113 and R. 225-114 as well as, depending on the case, by articles R. 225-115, R. 22-10-31 or R. 225-116.The characteristics of the securities giving entitlement to the allotment of deb…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

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
Section 5: Conversion of the société européenne into a société anonyme.

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
Section 4: Financial provisions.

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
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

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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