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Showing 51615170 of 58756 articles for Art. Cass. com. 19 June 1984 · CA Paris 2 March 1984 · Cass. com. 2 May 1972 · Cass. civ. 9 May 1962

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 8: Verification and admission of claims.

Article R631-29

Articles R. 624-1, excluding the first paragraph, and R. 624-2 to R. 624-11 are applicable to receivership proceedings. The verification of claims is carried out by the mandataire judiciaire in the pr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Governance

Article L224-22

…informs the supervisory committee of the performance of the assets to which payments have been allocated and of the various charges levied. When the plan gives rise to the subscription of a group ins…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Governance

Article L224-21

The plan rules set out the list of assets to which payments may be allocated. Where this list includes assets other than units in the company mutual funds mentioned in article L. 214-164, the plan rul…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-33

The operation referred to in Article 230-32 is authorised: 1° As part of an investigation in flagrante delicto, a preliminary investigation or a procedure provided for in articles 74 to 74-2, by the p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Provisions applicable to employer groups

Article D6325-22

In the case of an employment contract concluded with a group of employers, when the user company appoints a tutor, the tasks provided for in article D. 6325-7 may, during the periods of secondment, be…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of sums held in the automatic cinema distribution account

Article 222-7

The sums entered in the automatic cinema distribution account may be invested with a view to contributing, through the payment of advances, to the financing of the production of long-term cinematograp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-25

The application provided for in Article R. 5121-21 must be accompanied by a dossier containing the following information and documents, updated as necessary, presented in accordance with the order ref…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-25

The data collected in the context of article R. 40-24 may only concern the following categories: 1° Persons in respect of whom there is serious or corroborating evidence during a preliminary investiga…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Harassment.

Article L1152-2

No person who has suffered or refused to suffer repeated acts of psychological harassment or who has, in good faith, reported or witnessed such acts may be subject to the measures mentioned in Article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Hygiene of buildings and built-up areas.

Article L1331-22

…ses, facility, immovable property or group of premises, facilities or immovable property, whether vacant or not, that constitutes, either by itself or due to the conditions in which it is occupied, op…

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