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Showing 311320 of 45508 articles for Art. Cass. com. 24 May 2005 n° 786 · CA Rouen 8 January 2004 · Cass. com. 24 May 1976 · Cass. com. 16 January 2001 · Cass. com. 14 April 1992 · Cass. com. 15 December 2009 · Cass. 1re civ. 15 October 2014

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7 : Dissolution of sociétés anonymes.

Article L225-248

…orded in the accounting documents, the company's shareholders' equity falls below half of the share capital, the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, is required, within fou…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Distribution and supply of labile blood products.

Article R1222-24

…recipients, including advice on or interpretation of the results of transfusion tests, and the application of conditions for the storage and transport of labile blood products. II-This function is per…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to national-interest markets installed on public property.

Article R761-24

The holder of an exclusive occupation permit may, when he has been operating on the market for at least three years, present to the manager a successor who will be subrogated to his rights and obligat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Forfeiture rules

Article L518-24

…s Code, L. 132-27-2 of the Insurance Code and L. 223-25-4 of the Mutual Code, sums deposited in any capacity whatsoever with the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations are acquired by the State when thirt…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Management of the register of travel agents and other operators involved in the sale of travel and holidays.

Article R211-24

…present written observations in his defence, the registration commission referred to in article L. 141-2 will remove the operator from the register in the event of fraudulent declaration or if the tr…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Formation of the credit agreement

Article L313-24

…ristics differ from the information contained in the information sheet supplied previously, if applicable.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Capital gains on securities realised by private individuals

Article 248 B

The provisions of articles 92, and 150-0 A are not applicable to exchanges of securities carried out under the loi de nationalisation n° 82-155 du 11 février 1982. In the event of the sale of the secu…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Safeguard measures

Article R385-24

…occupational retirement pursuant to Article L. 612-33 of the French Monetary and Financial Code, it may also register the mortgage referred to in Article L. 327-3 of this Code, Article L. 212-24 of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Committees and representation in outside bodies

Article L7222-24

…n of a mission of information and evaluation responsible for gathering information on a matter of local interest or for evaluating a public service of the territorial community of Martinique. The same…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6 : Conversion of sociétés anonymes.

Article L225-245

The conversion to a general partnership requires the agreement of all the partners. In this case, the conditions set out in articles L. 225-243 and the first paragraph of article L. 225-244 are not re…

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