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Showing 55415550 of 22904 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 11 Oct. 2023 – no. 22-10646

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-33

…umber of agencies or branches of this person; 7° Order a person referred to in 1°, 3°, 5° and 9° to 11° of B of I of Article L. 612-2 to suspend, delay or limit, for all or part of the portfolio, the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 undecies: Companies located in dynamic urban areas

Article 44 sexdecies

…to be revitalised defined in II, companies that are created between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2023 and, when they are located in the communes mentioned in the sixth paragraph of the same II, com…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Operations.

Article L3336-2

The following may not operate on-trade drinks outlets: 1° Persons convicted of a common crime or one of the offences listed in articles 225-5, 225-6, 225-7 and 225-10 of the Criminal Code; 2° Those wh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Personal bankruptcy and other prohibition measures.

Article L653-8

In the cases provided for in articles L. 653-3 to L. 653-6, the court may order, instead of personal bankruptcy, a ban on directing, managing, administering or controlling, directly or indirectly, eit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common principles

Article L6323-3

…tuation or loss of employment.Rights acquired in hours, in accordance with article 22 quater of law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants, are retained and convert…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Injunction and regularisation

Article R131-15

A drawee who has refused to pay all or part of a cheque for lack of sufficient funds shall send the account holder the injunction provided for in article L. 131-73 by registered letter with acknowledg…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 9: Compensation for victims of injury resulting from contamination by the hepatitis C virus caused by a transfusion of blood products or an injection of blood-derived medicinal products

Article R1221-69

…ccidents médicaux, des affections iatrogènes et des infections nosocomiales mentioned in article L. 1142-22. These claims for compensation shall include, in addition to the justification of the losses…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Openings, mutations and transfers.

Article L3332-1

…tained from the most recent census. For tourist municipalities within the meaning of article L. 133-11 of the Tourism Code, the procedures for determining the population taken as the basis for this es…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Installation

Article D1442-14

…minutes of the taking of the oath are read out. The councillors mentioned in 1° of article D. 1442-11 take up their duties upon installation. The councillors mentioned in 2° of article D. 1442-11 are…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 7 : Applications for plant variety certificates relating to national defence

Article R623-47

…42 are applicable to requests made and proceedings brought pursuant to articles L. 623-10 et L. 623-11.

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