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Showing 2561–2570 of 57361 articles for “Art. Cass. com. 13 May 1997 · CA Rouen 2 December 1999”

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to safeguard procedures, receivership, compulsory liquidation and conciliation procedures applicable to credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms.

Article R613-20-2

…shall verify the claims corresponding to the funds mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 613-30-2. Statements of these claims are drawn up by the creditors' representative or the liquidator…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Successive contracts with the same employee.

Article L1244-2-2

I. - In the branches referred to in Article L. 1244-2-1, in the absence of collective bargaining agreements at branch or company level, the employer shall inform the employee with a seasonal employmen…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Updates

Article L224-25-25

…digital content or digital service and that he receives them: 1° During a period which the consumer may legitimately expect, having regard to the type and purpose of the digital content or digital ser…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R6523-2-20

For the application of articles R. 6331-52 and R. 6332-72 in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the words: "the body mentioned in article L. 225-1-1" are replaced by the words: "the social security fund mentio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Persons liable for payment of the tax

Article 283

1. Value added tax must be paid by the persons carrying out the taxable transactions, subject to the cases referred to in Articles 275 to 277 A where payment of the tax may be suspended.However, where…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D2651-2

…ents, subject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in the wording resulting from Decree No. 2018-1075 of 3 December 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D2661-2

…ents, subject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in the wording resulting from Decree No. 2018-1075 of 3 December 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and special schemes.

Article 208

Sont également exonérés de l'impôt sous réserve des dispositions de l'article 208 A : 1° (Abrogé à compter du 1er janvier 1993) ; 1° bis-Les sociétés d'investissement qui sont régies par les articles…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Fate of stored embryos

Article R2141-23-2

…couple at the origin of the conception of the embryo, and in the event that the couple had, in application of III of article L. 2141-4, expressed their consent during an annual consultation to one of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to portfolio management companies

Article L533-22-2-3

For the application of articles L. 1226-15, L. 1234-9, L. 1235-3, L. 1235-3-1, L. 1235-11 and L. 1235-16 of the Labour Code, the determination of the indemnity payable by the employer does not take in…

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