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Showing 59015910 of 21808 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 25 Jan. 2017 – no. 15-23.547

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Transfer of the business.

Article L642-17

If the tenant-manager fails to perform his obligation to acquire within the conditions and time limits set by the plan, the court, ex officio or at the request of the liquidator or the public prosecut…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety

Article R452-3-1

If a food or feed business operator responsible for retail or distribution activities, within the meaning of paragraph 2 of Articles 19 and 20 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedure for notifying mobility

Article R421-31

The Minister responsible for immigration may withdraw the authorisation to work in France provided for in article L. 421-15 for one of the following reasons:1° The foreign national no longer has valid…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Urban solidarity and social cohesion grant.

Article L2334-16

Benefit from the allocation provided for in article L. 2334-15 :1° The first two-thirds of municipalities with 10,000 inhabitants or more, classified, each year, according to a synthetic index of reso…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Allowances for holders of departmental mandates

Article L3123-16

…3123-15 the following scale: DEPARTEMENTAL POPULATION (inhabitants) Maximum rates (in %) Less than 250,000 40 From 250,000 to less than 500,000 50 From 500,000 to less than 1 million 60 From 1 millio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article L4433-7-2

…t it determines, of a scheme for the development of the sea within the meaning of article 57 of law no. 83-8 of 7 January 1983 relating to the division of powers between municipalities, departments, r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIIa: Socio-judicial supervision

Article 763-8

Where socio-judicial supervision has been imposed on a person sentenced to a term of criminal imprisonment of fifteen years or more for one of the offences referred to in Article 706-53-13, the region…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Role of the Government Commissioner

Article R2135-20

For the application of the provisions of the fourth paragraph of II of Article L. 2135-15, the Government Commissioner has a period of twenty-one days from the date of receipt of the deliberation of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R1324-1

Infringements of the provisions of I and II of article R. 1321-48, of I, IV and V of article R. 1321-50, of the first paragraph of article R. 1321-54, of the first and fourth to seventh paragraphs of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Sentence adjustment procedure applicable to released prisoners

Article D147-12

If the sentenced person has already been remanded in custody, the sentence enforcement judge who receives a copy of the decision pursuant to article 723-15 examines the situation of the person concern…

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