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Showing 42414250 of 21412 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 23 Mar. 2022 – no. 20-11.701

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Sales of immovable property.

Article R642-36

…l terms of the sale. The order is notified in accordance with the first paragraph of article R. 642-23. The liquidator signs the deeds necessary to complete the sale. He may not, in his capacity as ag…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services for investment firms and credit institutions providing investment services authorised in France

Article D532-21

Where, pursuant to I ofArticle L. 532-23, an investment firm or credit institution wishes to provide custody account keeping services in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2a: Sociétés de participations financières de profession libérale de greffiers des tribunaux de commerce (financial holding companies for the liberal professions of commercial court registrars)

Article R743-139-25

…the date on which it occurs, of any change in the situation declared pursuant to article R. 743-139-23.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Provisions applicable to employer groups

Article D6325-26

The State aid provided for in articles D. 6325-23 and D. 6325-24 is allocated each year, depending on the number of support sessions planned by the employers' group. It is calculated on a flat-rate ba…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L1521-2-2

…ocial security scheme are replaced by references to the social security scheme provided for byOrder no. 96-1122 of 20 December 1996 relating to the improvement of public health, sickness, maternity, i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: La Monnaie de Paris

Article R121-14

…technical civil servants from the Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry governed by Decree no. 68-270 of 19 March 1968. He is responsible for the individual management of all staff members, s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: ECONOMIC PROVISIONS.

Article D1862-1

…y of French Polynesia, under the conditions laid down by the provisions adopted pursuant to Article 23 of Law no. 2004-193 of 27 February 2004 supplementing the autonomous status of French Polynesia.…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Book II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO EUROPEAN UNION CITIZENS AND MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES

Article L200-2

Any person holding the nationality of a Member State is a citizen of the European Union.European Union citizens exercise the right to move and reside freely in France conferred on them by Articles 20…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-21

Notwithstanding the provisions of 5° of Article 713-20, the execution of the confiscation order may not, with regard to taxes or duties, customs and exchange, be refused on the grounds that French law…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Personal recovery procedure with compulsory liquidation

Article R742-53

When the judge applies Article L. 742-20, without prejudice to notification of the judgment to the parties, notice of it is sent for publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commer…

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