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Showing 13511360 of 61564 articles for Art. Cass. com. 12 May 2004 · Cass. com. 19 October 1982 · Cass. 3e civ. 4 February 1976 · Cass. 3e civ. 2 June 1982

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Offences relating to account rights and customer relations

Article L753-19

Article L. 351-1, as amended by Law 2018-700 of 3 August 2018, is applicable in French Polynesia.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Offences relating to account rights and customer relations

Article L752-19

Article L. 351-1, in the version resulting from Law no. 2018-700 of 3 August 2018, is applicable in New Caledonia.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article R511-19

The information referred to in Article R. 511-18 as well as that concerning the results of the votes of the general meetings referred to in Article L. 511-78 shall be transmitted by the Autorité de co…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Obligation of dematerialisation

Article D1221-19

Failure to comply with the obligation to make a pre-recruitment declaration by electronic means will result in the application of a penalty equal to 0.5% of the monthly social security ceiling per emp…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Obligations and financial responsibility of project owners and principals

Article R1263-19

The injunctions and information referred to in articles R. 1263-16 to R. 1263-18 shall be issued by any means that confers a date certain.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Lists of candidates and individual applications

Article R1441-19

The notification provided for in article L. 1441-22 to an employer of an employee's status as a candidate shall be made by any means that confers a date certain. The information contained in this noti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Removal of organs for scientific purposes.

Article R1232-19

The Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine must be informed of any change in the information contained in the file during the implementation of the protocol. The latter will inform the Minis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Ad hoc mandate.

Article R611-19

As soon as the application is received, the president of the court shall have the court clerk summon the legal representative of the legal entity or the debtor who is a natural person in order to obta…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Maintaining the business.

Article R641-19

…ints an administrator to administer the business are identical to the thresholds set by article R. 621-11.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Failure to balance the budget (R)

Article R1612-19

…State representative refers a matter to the regional audit chamber, in accordance with article L. 1612-5, it shall attach to this referral, in addition to the voted budget, all the information and doc…

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