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Showing 31613170 of 18997 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 27 Sept. 2005 – no. 03-18.579

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Injunction procedures.

Article 1410

The order for an injunction to pay and the application are kept as minutes at the court registry.If the application is accepted, the court registry gives the applicant a certified copy of the applicat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article R225-108

Copies or extracts of the minutes of shareholders' meetings are certified either by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or by a director exercising the functions of Chief Executive Officer, or, whe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operation

Article LO6431-32

The representative of the State may, within fifteen days of it being forwarded to him or her, ask the Territorial Council or the Executive Council, as the case may be, by means of a reasoned order, fo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and organisation of safety information and training

Article R4141-3

The purpose of safety training is to instruct workers in the precautions to be taken to ensure their own safety and, where appropriate, that of other people working in the establishment. It covers : 1…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Prior possession of a long-stay visa

Article L412-2

…residence permit bearing the wording "mobile ICT seconded employee" provided for in article L. 421-27; 11° The multiannual residence permit bearing the wording "mobile ICT seconded employee (family)"…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: The Higher Council for Mountain Sports

Article D142-28

…he General Commissioner for Territorial Equality; 26° The Director of the National Forestry Office; 27° The President of the National Union of Tourism Associations; 28° The President of the Union des…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-4-2

…graph of Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019, to an investment firm which carries on any of the activities referred to in 3, 6-1…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Public authorities, public institutions or public utilities

Article 1042

…Minister of Defence and having benefited from the scheme provided for in Article 67 of Finance Act no. 2008-1425 of 27 December 2008 for 2009, on the one hand, by local public companies created pursu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, terrorist financing, the freezing of assets and prohibited lotteries and games

Article L774-43

I - Pursuant to Article 7, 8° of Organic Law No. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004, subject to the provisions of II, III and IV, Articles L. 562-1 to L. 562-15 are applicable by operation of law in French…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 142-3

The amount allocated to the second part of the bond that has not been paid to the victim of the offence or to the creditor of a maintenance debt shall be returned if the case is dismissed and, unless…

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