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Showing 161170 of 22073 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 31 Mar. 2015 – no. 14-10.346

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Establishment of parentage by recognition

Article 316-2

Any act of opposition by the public prosecutor shall mention the forenames and surname of the author of the acknowledgement as well as the forenames and surname, date and place of birth of the child c…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisional approval

Article D331-31

…ity of French and European creation, particularly with regard to the criteria listed in article D. 331-25.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Meetings of staff representatives.

Article L1233-31

Together with the invitation to the first meeting, the employer sends the employee representatives all relevant information about the proposed mass redundancies.It shall indicate1° The economic, finan…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee participation on the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board.

Article L2353-31

Where the applicable form of participation consists of recommending or opposing the appointment of members of the board of directors or supervisory board, the European Company Committee shall determin…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Recording of sums calculated on the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-50

The sums calculated, capped where applicable for works belonging to the audiovisual adaptation of a live performance genre, are not actually entered on the automatic audiovisual production account unl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Commission des clauses abusives

Article R822-31

The Government Commissioner attends all meetings of the Commission or is represented by a delegate whom he designates in a letter addressed to the Chairman of the Commission. He or his representative…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Recognition of European investigation decisions

Article 694-31

…delay, a request for declassification and communication of the information pursuant to article L. 2312-4 du code de la défense and this request has not been accepted; if the declassification request…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R225-31

The statutory auditors' report provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 225-40 contains:1° A list of the agreements and commitments subject to approval by the General Meeting;2° The names of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Local investment funds

Article L214-31

…ons defined in c of 1 bis of I of Article 885-0 V bis of the French General Tax Code as it stood on 31 December 2017, subject to 3° of this I, and in d and e of 1 bis of I of the same Article 885-0 V…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-31

In the case referred to in the fifth paragraph of Article L. 356-2, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution exercises general supervision over transactions between insurance or reinsuranc…

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