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Showing 51415150 of 22033 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 21 Oct. 2015 – no. 14-20.924

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-15

The creation of these shares gives rise to the application of articles L. 225-8, L. 225-10, L. 225-14, L. 225-147, L. 22-10-53 and L. 22-10-54 relating to special advantages when shares are issued to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article 706-25-10

In accordance with the procedures specified by the decree provided for in article 706-25-14, the file manager directly notifies the Ministry of the Interior, which immediately forwards the information…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title III: Rules relating to life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A134-7

The following information relating to commitments covered by 1° and 2° of Article L. 134-1 respectively is sent to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution each year by 30 April at the lat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Introduction of profit-sharing.

Article L3312-4

The sums allocated to the beneficiaries in application of the profit-sharing agreement or in respect of the profit-sharing supplement mentioned in article L. 3314-10 are excluded from the basis of ass…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter: Customer due diligence and liability.

Article L4231-1

Any client or instructing party, informed in writing by an inspecting officer referred to in article L. 8271-1-2 of this code, of the fact that employees of its co-contractor or of a direct or indirec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Work within the protection perimeter

Article R1322-24

…hydrogéologue agréé en matière d'hygiène publique under the conditions provided for in article R. 1321-14, specially appointed for this purpose, submits a summary report drawn up by the Director Gener…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R743-84

Without prejudice to any other useful indications and in particular those provided for by articles 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 19 and 20 of the loi n° 66-879 du 29 novembre 1966 relative aux sociétés civiles p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation of health monitoring and health safety in the regions

Article R1413-59

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency shall organise, in conjunction with the persons and structures referred to in Article R. 1413-62 and the regional response units referred to in Artic…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-10

…and any further corrective measures planned. Article 302 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014 specifies the arrangements for the publications incumbent on undertakings…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-25

An owner or principal tenant who, at the same time as being the lessor of the premises, is the vendor of the business operated there and who has received the full price may refuse renewal only on cond…

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