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Showing 57815790 of 39348 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 15 May 2012 – no. 11-18.330

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Professional recovery

Article R645-4

The judgment ruling on the request to open the professional recovery procedure is notified by the registrar to the debtor by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the debtor within eigh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-27

…benefit from the allowances and reimbursements provided for in 2°, 3°, 4°, 5° and 7° of article D. 6153-10-1 and the provisions of articles R. 6153-11 to R. 6153-18 and R. 6153-25.The training periods…

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

Article L3332-1

A 3rd category on-trade public house may not be opened in municipalities where the total number of establishments of this type and 4th category establishments reaches or exceeds the proportion of one…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Semi-public companies

Article L122-12

…e provisions of article L. 122-2, local semi-public sports companies formed before 29 December 1999 may retain their previous legal status. The provisions of articles L. 122-3, L. 122-5, L. 122-10 and…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Life insurance with variable capital on real estate.

Article L160-17

…in article L. 160-11, the indemnity referred to in the penultimate paragraph of article L. 132-21-1 may not be applied, notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific technical provisions the popular retirement savings plan

Article R144-28

…fidelity guarantee not payable by the insured at the time of the transfer or any gratuitous benefit may be stipulated.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Conciliation procedure.

Article R611-40

The persons called to the homologation hearing pursuant to the first paragraph of Article L. 611-9 may inspect the agreement at the court registry. The judgment does not repeat the terms of the agreem…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-3-5

…38 of the French Criminal Code, the penalties set out in article 131-39 of the same Code. The fine may be increased to 15% of total annual turnover within the meaning of the last paragraph of III bis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Decentralised cooperation.

Article D1822-1

The articles R. 1115-8 to R. 1115-15 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions and differentiated exercise of powers

Article L1111-6

…aning of Article L. 2131-11 of this Code, article 432-12 of the Penal Code or I of article 2 of law no. 2013-907 of 11 October 2013 on transparency in public life, when the local authority or grouping…

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