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Showing 40814090 of 21412 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 23 Mar. 2022 – no. 20-11.701

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to the various companies.

Article R743-34

…without it being necessary to resort to the procedure provided for in Articles R. 742-19 to R. 742-23.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions (R)

Article D2223-34

…associations and their establishments applying for the authorisation provided for in Article L. 2223-23 must provide evidence that their directors and officers, appointed or confirmed in their posts…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Economic, financial and legal training for employee representatives.

Article D3341-3

…ties within six months of taking up their duties: 1° Directors appointed pursuant to article L. 225-23 of the French Commercial Code; 2° Supervisory board members appointed pursuant to article L. 225-…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Categories of insurance and statements to be produced.

Article Annexe R344-7

…e of coke and refined petroleum products 20 Chemicals and chemical products 21 Pharmaceuticals 7 22-23 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products and other non-metallic mineral products 8 24-25 Manufa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L622-21

…basis of assessment may validly result from an assignment of a claim provided for in Article L. 313-23 of the Monetary and Financial Code when it is made pursuant to a framework agreement entered into…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: CONSUMER INFORMATION

Article D111-13

…e consumer;3° Where they exist, the commercial guarantees, governed by Articles L. 217-21 to L. 217-23, included in the price.The price includes, where applicable, all costs, particularly administrati…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Competent administrative authorities

Article R*732-3

…expulsion decision was issued by the Minister of the Interior before the entry into force of decree no. 97-24 of 13 January 1997 on the basis of the provisions of article 23 of order no. 45-2658 of 2…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Workers authorised to carry out operations on or near electrical installations

Article R4544-10

…onitoring provided for in articles R. 4624-22 to R. 4624-28 in application of II of article R. 4624-23.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Search for an assignment.

Article R6152-50-3

…vided by the Centre national de gestion, includes the emoluments mentioned in 1° of article R. 6152-23 and the exclusive public service commitment allowance. The practitioner also receives, where appl…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Grant of cinematographic representation rights

Article L213-11

The proportional participation rate is freely debated between a minimum percentage set at 25% and a maximum percentage set at 50%. However, for cinematographic works shown more than two years after th…

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