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Showing 38013810 of 43491 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 3 Apr. 2012 – no. 11-13.527

French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article R625-3

…Article L. 622-26. The relief from foreclosure benefits the institutions mentioned in article L. 143-11-4 of the Labour Code.The publicity mentioned in article L. 625-1 is made at the behest of the j…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Financial provisions

Article L4414-3

The Ile-de-France region benefits from the allocation of the share of the proceeds from construction fees for offices and industrial premises provided for in articles L. 520-1 to L. 520-11 of the town…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Investment rules

Article R214-30

The UCITS ensures that its overall risk linked to financial contracts does not exceed the total net value of its portfolio. The overall risk is calculated taking into account the current value of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for admission to the profession.

Article R511-3

…the Minister for the Economy for the application of Article L. 611-1 and Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 is assessed collectively.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Expiry of the contract term.

Article L1251-33

The end-of-assignment indemnity is not due: 1° When the assignment contract is concluded under 3° of article L. 1251-6 if an extended collective agreement between the professional organisations of emp…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Loss of French nationality

Article 23-3

…option to renounce their French nationality in the cases provided for in Articles 18-1, 19-4 and 22-3.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of authorisation

Article R131-3

Sports federations applying for approval under article L. 131-8 must :1° Have adopted statutes containing provisions guaranteeing the democratic nature of their elections and operation, the transparen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIIc: Enforcement of sentences and probation decisions in application of the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 27 November 2008

Article 764-3

…ion on going to certain places or defined areas in the sentencing State or the administering State; 3° Restrictions on the possibility of leaving the territory of the administering State ; 4° Injuncti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability.

Article R526-3

…several declarations of assignment, the names used for each assignment of assets must be distinct ;3° The address of the main establishment where the professional activity to which the assets are ass…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating conditions

Article L425-3

The provisions of Articles L. 533-11 to L. 533-16, L. 533-18, L. 533-19, L. 533-24 and L. 533-24-1 are applicable to transactions concluded on an organised trading system.

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