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Showing 27712780 of 19482 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 23 Sept. 2008 – no. 07-13.338

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article R641-11

…e exception of Article R. 621-20 and of the first sentence of the first paragraph of article R. 621-23, the provisions of articles R. 621-17 to R. 621-24 and R. 622-18 are applicable to the procedural…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Appointment.

Article R742-24

…r of Justice, and shall be filled under the conditions provided for in Articles R. 742-19 to R. 742-23. The application must be accompanied by an undertaking to pay the compensation set by the Ministe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral and burial regulations

Article R2213-2

In all places, the operator participating in the external funeral service mentioned in article L. 2223-23 shall, without delay, provide the body of the person whose death has been ascertained with a n…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Funeral services

Article R2223-56

The authorisation provided for in articles L. 2223-23, L. 2223-41 and L. 2223-43 is issued by the prefect in the department where the régie, company or association has its registered office. It is iss…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Dotation d'équipement des territoires ruraux (rural amenities grant)

Article R2334-22

…establishment or signatory of the agreement provided for in the penultimate paragraph of article L. 2334-33 or in the second sentence of the first paragraph of C of article L. 2334-42 when these derog…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial authorisation

Article R752

…h of Article L. 101-2-1 of the French Planning Code, compared with the state of these same plots on 23 August 2021.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
3. Holidays.

Article R6152-48

…riod.In this position, they retain the benefit of the emoluments mentioned in 1° of article R. 6152-23, when the assignment is carried out in the interests of the health care institution.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Effects of full adoption

Article 357

…ach of them, joined in alphabetical order.Where article 311-21, the second paragraph of article 311-23, article 342-12 or this article has been applied in respect of a common child, the name previousl…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nationals of a Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area wishing to settle in France

Article R222-26

…between the level of qualification attested by the documentary evidence mentioned in article R. 222-23 and the level of qualification required to exercise the activity of sports agent in France, it sh…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 220 T

…s claim is inalienable and non-transferable, except under the conditions set out in articles L. 313-23 to L. 313-35 of the French Monetary and Financial Code. The authorisation referred to in VI of ar…

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