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Showing 22612270 of 36960 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 15 May 2007 – no. 05-19.947

French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Duration of the measure

Article 443

…judgment or in the event of the death of the person concerned. Without prejudice to articles 3 and 15, the judge may also terminate it when the protected person resides outside national territory, if…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreement

Article R5132-2

…project and the existing offer to ensure a balanced development of integration actions, the Prefect may enter into the agreements provided for in article L. 5132-2 with companies applying to be approv…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Rescue and fire-fighting

Article D2512-17

…ection of the special budget of the police prefecture. These instalments must be paid no later than 15 February, 15 May and 15 August. The balance of the contribution due for the financial year in que…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Protection of wages

Article D7122-10

In order to ensure the payment of wages, the president of the court may authorise, pursuant to article L. 7122-15, the seizure of receipts from the show.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Chairman and Vice-Chairman

Article R1423-16

…Chairman or Vice-Chairman of a section or chamber for one of the reasons listed in Article R. 1423-15, the industrial tribunal members of the section or chamber meet in a section or chamber assembly…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and tasks of the network of chambers of commerce and industry.

Article R711-57

Each chamber represented at CCI France pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 711-15 designates from among its elected members a substitute called upon to replace, in the event of impediment,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Consumer credit

Article D312-28

The amount of the instalment may not be less than 15 euros.The instalment by which the borrower pays the balance enabling the entire outstanding capital to be repaid may derogate from the amount stipu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Articles of association, share capital, shares.

Article R4381-35

Shares may not be pledged as collateral.Their nominal value may not be less than 15 euros.Shares corresponding to contributions in kind are non-transferable and must be cancelled if the holder ceases…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information obligations

Article R561-23

…entity of their managers or agents authorised to make the declarations prescribed in Article L. 561-15.For the other persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2, the identity and capacity of the person auth…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

Article L911-5

For the application of articles L. 141-15, L. 143-7 and L. 145-28, a magistrate of the court of first instance may be delegated by the president.

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