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Showing 38713880 of 22652 articles for Art. Cass. com. 10 October 2000

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company

Article L229-1

…e European Company shall be governed by the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European Company, those of this chapter and those applicable to so…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article L547-6

…be processed in accordance with paragraphs 4 to 11 of Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 of 7 October 2020 as specified in Article L. 547-1.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Banknotes.

Article R122-1

Subject to the provisions of Decree No. 2001-933 of 12 October 2001 on the perforated marking of Banque de France banknotes denominated in French francs, denominations of the banknotes listed in the a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3° bis: Premises acquired or developed with State assistance

Article 1384 D

From 1st January 2000, premises acquired, fitted out or built with a view to creating temporary or emergency accommodation facilities that are the subject of an agreement between the owner or manager…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Establishments and organisations authorised to combat leprosy

Article D3112-12

…necessary, withdrawn or suspended, under the conditions laid down in articles D. 3112-8 and D. 3112-10.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Increases

Article R7422-11

For the application of the increases mentioned in article R. 7422-10, days of the week other than Sundays and public holidays are considered to be working days. In the case of overtime, the percentage…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Temporary exemptions

Article 1395 E

…list drawn up by the competent authority following approval of the objectives document for a Natura 2000 site and they are the subject of a management commitment defined in article L. 414-3 of the Env…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment terms

Article L441-16

…be imposed for:a) Failing to comply with the payment deadlines provided for in I of Article L. 441-10, II of Article L. 441-11, Article L. 441-12 and Article L. 441-13;b) Not indicating, in the terms…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Proposal for redeployment leave

Article R1233-18

…implementing the redeployment leave, together with the information provided for in articles L. 1233-10, in the event of less than ten employees being made redundant within the same thirty-day period,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Unused medicinal products for human use.

Article R4211-24

…dicines and, where applicable, their packaging, under the conditions set out in I of article L. 541-10 of the Environmental Code. They carry out the following operations: 1° Providing pharmacies with…

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