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Showing 10111020 of 38682 articles for Art. Cass. com. 23 March 1999 n° 97-15.000 · Cass. soc. 19 June 2013 n° 12-17.913 · Cass. 3e civ. 30 January 2002 · Cass. com. 13 February 2007 n° 05-10.221 · Cass. 3e civ. 20 November 1997 · Cass. 3e civ. 7 December 2010 n° 09-71.489

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Schools of territorial chambers of commerce and industry and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L711-20

…heads of department, technicians, supervisors and similar; 3° The college of teachers. Article L. 2324-11 and the second paragraph of Article L. 2324-12 of the Labour Code do not apply to these comm…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-20

The insurance or capitalisation undertaking has no right to demand payment of premiums.If a premium or fraction of a premium has not been paid within ten days of the due date, the insurer shall send t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Personal interview

Article L531-20

As an exception to Book III of the Code of Relations between the Public and the Administration, when the personal interview has been transcribed and audio recorded, the applicant may only have access…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Informing the public prosecutor and the administrative court

Article L743-20

The liberty and detention judge shall inform the administrative court before which the foreign national has lodged an appeal against the removal decision, if any, of the meaning of his decision withou…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Authorities whose purpose is to combat excessive prices for essential foodstuffs

Article L2221-20

When the balance sheet, for two consecutive years, shows a loss greater than half the capital of the first establishment, the representative of the State in the department may withdraw the authorisati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Terms and conditions of engagement.

Article R4532-20

Co-ordination tasks are covered by specific written contracts or amendments. It is paid for separately. The remuneration takes into account, in particular, the time spent on site by the coordinator an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article R223-19

If a meeting other than that provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 223-26, the text of the proposed resolutions, the managers' report and, where applicable, the statutory auditors' report…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Examination of registration applications

Article ANNEXE, art. 30-2

…claration must be made within one month of the date of issue of the receipt provided for in article 30-1.In all other cases, he must forward the declaration to the representative of the State in the d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Disclosure of accounts

Article L232-23

…etary and Financial Code under the conditions set out in the General Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers. However, the management report must be made available to any person who so reque…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cooperation and exchanges of information with foreign countries

Article L785-13

…olumn of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 632-1 A Ordinance no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 632-1 Ordinance no. 2020-115 of 12 February 2020 L. 632-3 Ordinance…

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