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Showing 30013010 of 35823 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 28 May 2002 – no. 00-16.857

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article R225-124

…ued, the time limits for exercising the option granted to holders or the indication that conversion may take place at any time and the bases for conversion ; 9° The unamortised amount of other bonds p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Termination by mutual agreement as part of a collective agreement on collective redundancy by mutual agreement

Article D1237-9

…e is complete. Within the period provided for in article L. 1237-19-4, the administrative authority may request, where appropriate, any additional supporting evidence from the employer to enable it to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-10-3

For the application of III of Article L. 561-5, the persons mentioned in 2° to 2°e and 3°a of Article L. 561-2 shall identify and verify the identity of the beneficiaries of life insurance or capitali…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Regulations attached to agreements.

Article R6142-18

…at the request of the person responsible for applying the regulations. In urgent cases, the latter may request the suspension of the offender. Exceptionally and in serious cases, the director of a tr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Promotion and remuneration

Article D6152-913

…es R. 6152-916, R. 6152-917 and R. 6152-918, payment of this bonus is maintained for a period which may not exceed three months. This period is extended to six months in the event of sick leave grante…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-3

…omicile of the insurer or the agent appointed by the insurer for this purpose. However, the premium may be payable at the insured's domicile or at any other agreed place in the cases and under the con…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article 495-21

…18 or the complaint made pursuant to the second paragraph of article 495-19, the public prosecutor may either waive prosecution or proceed in accordance with articles 389 to 390-1,393 to 397-7,495 to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article L2362-7

…establishments concerned. In this case, Chapter III of this Title shall not apply. Such a decision may not be taken in the case of a European Cooperative Society constituted by transformation where t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4141-3-1

The Minister for Health or, by delegation, the Director General of the Centre National de Gestion may, after obtaining the opinion of a commission composed in particular of professionals, individually…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L238-3

The public prosecutor as well as any interested person may request the president of the competent court ruling in summary proceedings to enjoin, if necessary under penalty, the legal representative of…

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