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Showing 92119220 of 25835 articles for Art. Cass. com. 10-12-2013 n° 12-17.724

French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Examination for admission to the traineeship

Article A321-19

Admission is decided by the selection board if the average of the marks obtained by the candidate in all the eligibility and admission tests is equal to or higher than 10 out of 20.The mark obtained i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Administrative formalities for companies

Article L123-33

With the exception of the procedures and formalities required for access to and the exercise of regulated activities, any company complies with the obligation to declare its creation, the modification…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions relating to the digital exploitation of unavailable books

Article L134-4

I. - The author of an unavailable book or the publisher holding the right to reproduce that book in printed form may object to the exercise of the right of authorisation referred to in the first parag…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-17

Any person who is subject to a suspension by virtue of a decision pronounced by an anti-doping organisation signatory to the World Anti-Doping Code or by the competent body hearing an appeal against s…

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French Customs CodeIn force
A. - Limitation period against debtors.

Article 352

1. Claims for the refund of duties and taxes levied by the customs administration, claims for the payment of rents and claims for the return of goods, with the exception of claims made pursuant to Art…

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

Article L561-8

I. - When a person referred to in Article L. 561-2 is unable to meet the obligations laid down in Article L. 561-5 or Article L. 561-5-1, it shall not carry out any transaction, whatever the terms and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Public policy

Article L2242-9

The administrative authority decides on any request made by an employer to assess the compliance of an agreement or action plan with the provisions of article L. 2242-8 . If the administrative authori…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-25

Without prejudice to Article R. 351-24, the following classifications are applied for the purposes of this section:1° The surplus funds referred to in Article R. 351-21 are classified in level 1 ;2° L…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employment obligation.

Article L5212-5-1

The association referred to in Article L. 5214-1 will give an explicit decision on any request from an employer for information on the application to his situation of the legislation relating to: 1° T…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Management Board

Article L6143-2-2

The medical project and the nursing, re-education and medico-technical care project define, each in the fields it covers, the strategic objectives for the development of the organisation of care pathw…

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