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Showing 43414350 of 35823 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 28 May 2002 – no. 00-16.857

French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Declarations to be made by natural persons

Article R123-37

…to be a trader pursuant to Article L. 121-2 ;10° The references of any secondary registrations that may have been subscribed and, where applicable, of any main or secondary establishments located and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article R22-10-3

The notice provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 225-2 is published in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires, before the start of subscription operations and prior to any publici…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Victims' rights

Article D1-11-1

…for in b of articles 222-8,222-10 and 222-12 of the same code is characterised, so that proceedings may be brought on the basis of these provisions, without prejudice to the possibility, for the inves…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and tasks of the network of chambers of commerce and industry.

Article R711-55-3

…ere applicable, the recommendations adopted by CCI France. The President of the audited institution may submit observations within a period set by CCI France. This deadline may not be less than thirty…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Merchant accounting

Article A123-80-1

The declaration provided for in article L. 123-29 includes, with supporting documents, the following: 1° For a legal entity, the corporate name or denomination followed, where applicable, by the acron…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IX: Special arrangements applicable to taxable persons supplying services to non-taxable persons or carrying out distance sales of goods or certain domestic supplies of goods

Article 298 sexdecies H

I.-A. The following may avail themselves of this special scheme: 1° Any taxable person established on the territory of the European Union carrying out distance selling of goods imported from third ter…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-13

…erable between spouses and between ascendants and descendants. However, the Articles of Association may stipulate that a spouse, heir, ascendant or descendant may only become a partner after having be…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts relating to liquefied petroleum gas

Article L224-18

…ncludes a clause relating to price changes, mention of the rules on the basis of which such changes may be made and the means by which the consumer obtains full information on the up-to-date status of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3 : Transcription of a marriage celebrated abroad by a foreign authority

Article 171-8

…ouses have their domicile or residence abroad. The conduct of the hearing and individual interviews may be delegated to one or more permanent civil registrars or, where appropriate, to civil servants…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 194

The Public Prosecutor shall prepare the case for trial within forty-eight hours of receipt of the documents in matters of pre-trial detention and within ten days in all other matters; he shall submit…

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