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Showing 421430 of 37028 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 13 May 1970

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Profits

Article L232-13

…ailing this, by the Board of Directors, the Management Board or the Executive Chairmen, as the case may be. However, dividends must be paid within a maximum period of nine months after the end of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Radiation.

Article R123-132

The registrar who deregisters a registration shall require without delay: 1° If it concerns a principal registration, the deregistration of the corresponding secondary registrations, except in the cas…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Effects of accelerated safeguard measures

Article R628-13

In the case provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 628-1, the notice of the opening judgment sent for insertion in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales and in a legal…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 15: Sweeping tax

Article D2333-139

For the application of article L. 2333-97 du code général des collectivités territoriales, la direction générale des finances publiques transmitte à la commune, ou, le cas échéant, à l'établissement p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation of the company.

Article R743-132

In the case provided for in the fifth paragraph of Article R. 743-126, publication of the transfer of equity securities and members' shares results from the filing at the registry of the court respons…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Penalties.

Article L328-13

…a shortfall in assets compared with the liabilities to be settled during the liquidation, the court may, in the event of mismanagement having contributed to this shortfall in assets, decide at the req…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Evaluation, accreditation and analysis of hospital activity.

Article L6113-13

An agreement is signed between the public entity mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 6113-11 and each health care organisation on the list mentioned in article L. 6113-12. If a health care o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative authorisation.

Article R5142-13

In the event of a change of ownership of a veterinary pharmaceutical establishment, the authorisation to open is transferred to the new owner on application made jointly by the two responsible pharmac…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 1300-3

…rom the expiry of the three-month period provided for in the second and third paragraphs of Article 1397 of the Civil Code. The deed subject to publication is accompanied by the certificate referred t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Operation

Article 133-7

In order to complete its examination of the dossiers submitted for its opinion, the Commission may, on the decision of its Chairman and with the authorisation of the Chairman of the Centre national du…

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