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Showing 40614070 of 21808 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 25 Jan. 2017 – no. 15-23.547

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation.

Article L2352-13

…s a proportion of the total number of employees employed by the participating companies of at least 25% in the case of a European Company formed by merger, and of at least 50% in the case of a Europea…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Mutual and cooperative banks.

Article R512-1

…es and mutual guarantee companies guaranteeing loans granted by a banque populaire, governed by law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperation, are required to undergo the cooperati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Reimbursement of transport costs incurred by trainees

Article R6523-11

…ment or centre and return, provided that the distance to be covered from their home is greater than 25 km;2° reimbursement of three quarters of the transport costs incurred to visit their family, prov…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and terms of the contract

Article D6114-6

…titative targets for authorised care activities and heavy equipment, as defined in articles R. 6122-25 and R. 6122-26.The contract may also, in line with the establishment's strategic guidelines, set…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Approval and exclusion.

Article L125-16

Subject to the share valuation procedure provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 125-17, any member of a collective shop may refer any decision taken pursuant to articles L. 125-12, L. 125-…

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

Article 216 ter

…1 July 1964 to the initial capital of the sociétés immobilières conventionnées referred to in Order no. 58-876 of 24 September 1958 or to their capital increases, and which pay up the shares thus subs…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-30

If the person claimed lodges, within the legal time limit, an appeal in cassation against the decision of the Investigating Chamber granting his extradition, the President of the Criminal Division of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 1122

All deeds that it is necessary to reconstitute following a disaster or acts of war, as well as all procedural formalities having this reconstitution as their object, are, subject to the provisions of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Facilities for the disabled.

Article L6222-37

With regard to the disabled, adjustments have been made to the provisions of articles : 1° L. 6222-1 to L. 6222-3, relating to the conditions for forming an apprenticeship contract ; 2° L. 6222-7 to L…

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

Article R641-31

I.-Articles R. 624-13 to R. 624-15 shall apply to judicial liquidation proceedings subject to the following provisions: The application made on the basis of articles L. 624-9, L. 624-10, L. 624-18 or…

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