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Showing 25112520 of 47213 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26 May 1992 · Cass. com. 19 November 1975 n° 74-10.116 · CAA Nantes 26 May 2004 · Cass. com. 19 February 1979 · Cass. com. 6 June 1972 · Cass. com. 16 January 1985 · CA Paris 17 January 2008

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals provided for in Article L. 464-8.

Article R464-16

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for registration in national directories

Article R6113-17

I.-The Director General of France Compétences may, in particular in the event of an alert being issued on the basis of the last paragraph of Article R. 6113-14, request any documents and evidence enab…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Invalidity of information

Article 172

A party who has failed to comply with an essential procedural requirement may waive the requirement and thus regularise the procedure. This waiver must be express. It may only be given in the presence…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-17

Except in exceptional cases, in order to give a true and fair view of the assets and liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the company, and under the conditions laid down by a regulati…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Criminal penalties

Article 1742

The Articles 121-6 and 121-7 of the Criminal Code are applicable to accomplices to the offences referred to in Article 1741, without prejudice to disciplinary sanctions, if they are public or minister…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules common to leases of houses and rural property.

Article 1729

…uses the leased thing for a purpose other than that for which it was intended, or from which damage may result for the lessor, the lessor may, depending on the circumstances, have the lease terminated…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Special provisions for the départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle

Article A444-177

Deeds and formalities relating to the land register décret n° 2009-1193 du 7 octobre 2009relatif au livre foncier et à son informatisation dans les départements du Bas-Rhin, du Haut-Rhin et de la Mose…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Administrative penalties.

Article R5426-17

The Director referred to in Article R. 5312-26 shall take a decision by any means giving a date certain within fifteen days of the expiry of the one-month period within which the person concerned may…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Criminal penalties

Article 1778

The Articles 121-6 and 121-7 of the Criminal Code are applicable to accomplices to the offences referred to in articles 1771 to 1775 and 1777, without prejudice to disciplinary sanctions if they are p…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional measures

Article R351-16

I.-In each currency, the calculation of the adjustment referred to in Article L. 351-4 corresponds to a fraction of the difference between:1° the interest rate determined by the insurance or reinsuran…

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