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Showing 46614670 of 32005 articles for Art. Cass. com. 15 October 1996 n° 94-18.903 · CA Paris 7 November 2014 n° 12/17749

French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-4 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 713-26)

Article Annexe 7-4

Trade 10.13B Delicatessen. 10.71B Baking of bakery products. 10.71C Bakery and pastry goods. 10.71D Pastry goods. 35.14Z Trade of electricity. 35.23Z Trade of gaseous fuels through mains. 45.11Z Sale…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-5 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 742-6)

Article Annexe 7-5

…ional law on companies in difficulty. Cheques and commercial bills. Protests and non-payment certificates. Commercial sureties and liens. Leasing. Civil and commercial procedure Proceedings before the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-6 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 742-11)

Article Annexe 7-6

…t groupings.Law governing companies in difficulty.Cheques and bills of exchange.Protests and certificates of non-payment.Commercial sureties and liens.Leasing.Competition law.Commercial contracts.III.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-9 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 752-4)

Article Annexe 7-9

TABLE SUMMARY OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROJECT PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLES R. 752-16 AND R. 752-38 OF THE COMMERCIAL CODEYou can consult the full text with its images from the extract from the authe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 8-7 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 822-6)

Article Annexe 8-7

PROGRAMME DU CERTIFICAT D'APTITUDE AUX FONCTIONS DE CommISIRE AUX Comptes In application of the provisions of article A. 822-6, the programme of tests for the certificat d'aptitude aux fonctions de co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VI: Judicial restraint

Article 754

…tence enforcement judge to issue a judicial restraint order under the conditions set out in Article 712-6. To this end, this magistrate may issue the warrants provided for in article 712-17. The decis…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Anti-doping education

Article R232-41-12-1

In order to identify the target groups for whom anti-doping education is a priority, the French Anti-Doping Agency takes into account the level of practice of athletes and support staff, the sport dis…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Provisions applicable to persons convicted of acts of terrorism

Article D49-78

The Sentence Enforcement Judge of the Paris Judicial Court may chair meetings of the Sentence Enforcement Commission when the situation of a sentenced person whose case he is monitoring pursuant to Ar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Special schemes

Article 727

…initive realisation of the contribution made to the company, transfers of shares in companies whose capital is not divided into shares are considered, from a tax point of view, as having as their obje…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 770

…if additional sentences have been imposed for a fixed period, after that period has expired. In the case provided for in the preceding paragraph, the removal from the criminal record of the record est…

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