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Showing 27812790 of 53735 articles for Art. Cass. com. 12 January 1999 · Cass. 1re civ. 20 December 2012 · Cass. com. 29 January 2002 · Cass. com. 3 May 2012

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Economic interest groupings under French law.

Article L251-12

Management control, which must be entrusted to natural persons, and auditing of the accounts shall be carried out under the conditions laid down in the grouping's constitutive contract. However, when…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Allocation to an employee savings plan.

Article L3324-12

…he employee, and where applicable the beneficiary referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 3323-6 and in the third paragraph of Article L. 3324-2, does not request the payment of all or part…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-12

…ial property attorney or a profession provided for in Title IV bis of the aforementioned Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 or the management of related professional interests or family interests ;3°…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Mobilisation of loans by the assignee or the pledgee

Article R753-12

…e right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 313-192005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 313-20No. 2021-898 of 6 July 2021R. 313-22no. 2005-1007 of 22 Aug…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-12

…of aid from the compensation fund is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in appl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Advisory service

Article R313-12

…o a range of products comprising at least three separate credit agreements as defined in Article L. 313-1. The lender or credit intermediary shall provide the borrower, on paper or any other durable m…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recommendations sent to subscribers

Article R331-12

…year following presentation of the recommendation referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 335-7-1, the member of the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique (Au…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation of the company.

Article R743-126

…approve the proposed transferee, it shall proceed in accordance with the provisions ofarticles L. 223-14 and L. 228-24.If the acquirer is a third party to the company, the provisions ofarticles R. 743…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Non-salaried worker training insurance funds.

Article L6332-12

…rred by the beneficiary of the introductory management course provided for inarticle 59 of law no. 73-1193 of 27 December 1973 on the orientation of trade and craft industries are eligible for financi…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Appointment of members of the advisory committees for the amicable settlement of disputes

Article R2197-12

…committees, two persons competent to sit on the committees pursuant to 4° of article R. 2197-6 and 3° of article R. 2197-7 are drawn up: 1° For the national committee, by the Minister responsible for…

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