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Showing 511520 of 36323 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 18 May 2010

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1844-6

…nsulted for the purpose of deciding whether the company should be extended.Failing this, any member may apply to the president of the court, ruling on a motion, for the appointment of a court agent to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Transmission of the request by the public prosecutor.

Article 728-18

…cted from the sentence still to be enforced; 3° That the competent authority of the executing State may decide to adapt the custodial sentence or detention order if, by its duration or nature, it is i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Assignment of the debtor's assets.

Article L642-18

Sales of real estate shall take place in accordance with articles L. 322-7, L. 322-8 to L. 322-11 and

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Music Ombudsman

Article R214-18

…the mediator, statements taken by the mediator and information brought to the mediator's attention may not be produced or relied upon by a party without the agreement of the other party or parties in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special provisions for the different types of guarantee

Article R1251-18

The guarantee undertaking provided for in article R. 1251-11 may only be given by an approved collective guarantee body, an insurance company, a bank or a financial institution authorised to give guar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery of undue benefits and administrative penalties

Article R5426-18

Pôle emploi may, if the debtor does not dispute the undue nature of the payment, recover the undue payments referred to in Article L. 5426-8-1 by deduction from future benefits, up to a limit of 20% o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Temporary work

Article R1262-18

…uropean Union, a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or in the Swiss Confederation may be regarded as equivalent to the financial guarantee provided for in article R. 1262-17 if they…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Relations between the High Council and its foreign counterparts

Article R821-18

…authorities of other Member States of the European Union exercising competences similar to its own may only be used for the purposes of carrying out its missions or in the context of procedures relat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 180-2

…e is seised of qualified acts constituting one of the offences mentioned in I of Article 41-1-2, it may, at the request or with the agreement of the Public Prosecutor, issue an order transferring the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Data retention and penalties

Article L722-18

…ed offence. If the offence referred to in the first paragraph is detected by customs officers, they may temporarily detain all the cash involved in the offence or attempted offence for a period of no…

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