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Showing 47114720 of 22854 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 24 Sept. 2013 – no. 12-21.089

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Accelerated safeguard

Article R628-6

The twenty-day period provided for in article R. 621-24, before the expiry of which the juge-commissaire may not appoint an auditor, is reduced to fifteen days.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Governance of investment firms

Article R533-16-3

…ection apply to class 2 and class 3 investment firms under the conditions defined in Article L. 533-24-2.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Terms and conditions of access

Article R4451-30

Access to areas defined in accordance with articles R. 4451-24 and R. 4451-28 is restricted to workers classified in accordance with article R. 4451-57.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Working hours

Article R6222-25

…apprentices under the age of eighteen, carried out under the conditions set out in article R. 6222-24, is the responsibility of the apprentice master.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Other cases of recourse to expert appraisal

Article L2315-92

…useful analysis in preparation for the negotiations provided for in articles L. 2254-2 and L. 1233-24-1. In the latter case, the expert is the same as the one appointed in application of 3° of I.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article L613-30

…he guarantee fund and the depositors are exempt from the declaration provided for in Article L. 622-24 of the French Commercial Code in respect of their claims falling wholly or partly within the scop…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article D2333-6

For the application of the provisions of article L. 5212-24, the tax administration department competent to receive the concordant deliberations of the legal assignees of the communal share of the exc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Initial inspection

Article R4451-44

…the delimited areas and in the workplaces adjoining these areas in accordance with Article R. 4451-24, to the initial verification of: 1° The level of external exposure; 2° Where applicable, the conc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Status of commercial court judges

Article R722-39

…thout prejudice to the agreement concluded between the lawyer and the judge under Article 10 of Law no. 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 reforming certain judicial and legal professions, the State may ente…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1601

…tax is levied for the benefit of CMA France and the chambers of trade mentioned in article 1 of law no. 48-977 of 16 June 1948 relating to the tax for chamber of trade fees applicable in the departmen…

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