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Showing 57615770 of 21510 articles for Art. Cass. com. 12 July 2005

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R444-2

…the professions mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 444-1 within this office or practice;12° "Office", "practice" or "firm": a sole proprietorship registered in the name of a professional o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R621-1

…amount of turnover, defined in accordance with the provisions of the sixth paragraph of Article D. 123-200, assessed at the closing date of the last accounting period;5° A quantified statement of cla…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pay slip

Article R3243-1

…h the employee belongs; 2° The number of the nomenclature of activity mentioned in 1° of article R. 123-223 of the Commercial Code characterising the activity of the establishment of employment as wel…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Discriminatory refusal of care

Article R1541-1

…entioned in article R. 1110-9" and the words: "by the authority" are deleted; 6° In article R. 1110-12: a) The first paragraph is deleted; b) In the second paragraph, the words: "approved within the m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Handling of employers' claims and payment of beneficiaries

Article R6332-25

…r each month of the apprenticeship contract commenced. In the case provided for in articles L. 6222-12-1 and R. 6222-1-1, and after an apprenticeship contract has been signed, the amount paid by the s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Leave

Article R6152-358

…period and in accordance with the conditions set out in article R. 6152-824; 11° To training leave; 12° To special leave of absence which may not be split in the following cases and conditions: a) Fiv…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Coordination between the treatment of over-indebtedness and the procedure for establishing that a lease has been terminated

Article L714-1

…rental debt granted by a decision of the judge seised pursuant to Article 24 of Law No. 89-462 of 6 July 1989 aimed at improving rental relations and amending the loi n° 86-1290 du 23 décembre 1986, t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exemption

Article 1594-0 G

…state located in deferred development zones, made under the conditions provided for in articles L. 212-2 and L. 212-3 of the town planning code in their wording prior to the loi n° 85-729 du 18 juille…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-50

In the event of the temporary impediment or death of the Chairman, the Board of Directors may delegate a director to act as Chairman. In the event of temporary impediment, this delegation is given for…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 0I ter: Levy on sums paid by insurance and similar organisations in respect of insurance contracts in the event of death

Article 990 I

…ry 2016, a partial or total transformation falling within the scope of I of Article 1 of the loi n° 2005-842 du 26 juillet 2005 pour la confiance et la modernisation de l'économie or 2° du I de articl…

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