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Showing 33113320 of 43388 articles for Art. Cass. com. 28-3-2019 n° 17-23.671 FS-PB

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Automatic registrations

Article R123-314

The clerk of the commercial court or of the judicial court shall apply to the keeper of the National Register of Companies, via the single body mentioned in Article R. 123-1, for the removal of the en…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Approval

Article 353

In the case of the adoption of a ward of the State or a foreign child who is not the child of the adopter's spouse, partner bound by a civil solidarity pact or cohabiting partner, the court shall chec…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Modulation of sentences according to the scale and seriousness of the offence and the personality of the offender, special provisions, repeat offending

Article 370

1. If a person who contravenes the provisions of articles 410, 411, 412, 414 and 414-2 of this Code commits, within five years of a settlement or conviction that has become final, a new offence fallin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Termination by agreement

Article R6152-382

The contractual termination does not apply: 1° In the event of dismissal or resignation; 2° Practitioners who have reached the age of entitlement to a retirement pension as set out in article L. 161-1…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VI: Company difficulties.

Article R670-3

In the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle: 1° The order provided for in Article R. 642-28 in addition to the information specified in article R. 642-22, the statements appearing in the art…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial chambers of commerce and industry and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L713-3

…or one of the prohibition or disqualification measures as provided for in Book VI of this Code, the n° 85-98 of 25 January 1985 relating to the receivership and liquidation of companies or the n° 67-5…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 terdecies

…covered by article L. 214-37 of the Monetary and Financial Code as it read prior to the ordonnance n° 2013-676 du 25 juillet 2013 modifiant le cadre juridique de la gestion d'actifs ou qu'un fonds pr…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Legal administration

Article 383

Where the interests of the sole legal administrator or, as the case may be, of both legal administrators are in opposition to those of the minor, the latter shall request the appointment of an ad hoc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 316

All contentious incidents are settled by the court, the public prosecutor, the parties or their lawyers heard. These rulings cannot prejudge the merits. When the assize court examines the case on appe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Fire prevention and fire-fighting resources

Article R4216-30

Buildings and premises are designed or fitted out in such a way as to comply with the provisions relating to fire prevention and fire-fighting resources set out in articles R. 4227-28 to R. 4227-41.

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