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Showing 26912700 of 47383 articles for Art. Cass. com. 19 June 2012 n° 11-13.176 · Cass. 1re civ. 3 December 1996 · Cass. com. 18 February 1997 · Cass. com. 19 March 2013 n° 11-26.566 · Cass. 3e civ. 28 February 2012 n° 11-10.705

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Deeds and formalities relating to partition and sale by voluntary auction

Article A444-194

…f movable or immovable property, including in the case of a licitation by voluntary auction (number 37 of table 6), give rise to the collection of:1° In the case of adversarial proceedings, a proporti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Government commissioners and financial activities auditors

Article D782-19

…ht-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 615-1n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005D. 615-2No. 2010-291 of 18 March 2010D. 615-3 to D. 615-7n° 2005-1007 o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Government commissioners and financial activities auditors

Article D783-19

…the wording resulting from the decreeD. 615-1No. 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005D. 615-2No. 2010-291 of 18 March 2010D. 615-3 to D. 615-7n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005D. 615-8no. 2010-291 of 18 March 2010

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Rules applicable to contracting authorities

Article R2161-19

…inform in writing all tenderers whose tenders have not been eliminated pursuant to Article R. 2161-18 of any changes made to the technical specifications or other consultation documents, with the exc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of the European arrest warrant

Article 695-19

For the case referred to in 2° of Article 695-18, the waiver is given before the investigating, trial or enforcement court to which the person is subject after surrender and is irrevocable. When the s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-19

For the application of articles R. 6153-14 to R. 6153-18, the matter is referred to the medical committee either by the director general of the regional health agency of the subdivision to which the r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Training leave

Article R2315-19

If, in order to refuse the request for leave, the employer considers that the employee's absence could have prejudicial consequences for production and the smooth running of the company, the refusal s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval of the plan.

Article R626-19

The thresholds set pursuant to Article L. 626-9 beyond which the debates relating to the adoption of the plan must take place in the presence of the public prosecutor are those set out in article R. 6…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-19

…ender. The same applies when the sentencing court has set, pursuant to second paragraph of article 131-9 of the Criminal Code or the second paragraph of article 131-11 of the same code, a maximum term…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Acts and formalities relating to the seizure of immovable property and sale by auction

Article A444-191

…relation to the seizure of immovable property and licitation by judicial auction (numbers 1, 2 and 3 of Table 6) give rise to the collection of the fee charged by notaries pursuant to 1° of Article A…

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