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Showing 851860 of 18708 articles for Art. Cass. com. 29 October 1963

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Nullity, dissolution and liquidation.

Article R814-144

In the case provided for in the second paragraph of article 37 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966, the net assets of the company remaining after extinction of liabilities and repayment of capital a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Taking holiday

Article R7213-7

Unless the beneficiary agrees, annual leave is taken during the months of May to October inclusive.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control

Article R533-18-5

I.-The persons mentioned in Article L. 533-29-3 shall draw up a table grouping together the information relating to their establishments by State or territory, mentioned in 1° of the same article, as…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Suspended sentence and adjournment

Article 734

…nal imposing a sentence may, in the cases and under the conditions provided for in the articles 132-29 to 132-57 of the Penal Code, order that its execution be stayed. The court may also defer pronoun…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2651-1

…no. 2021-357 of 30 March 2021R. 2123-4 to R. 2123-7R. 2124-1 Resulting from decree no. 2019-259 of 29 March 2019R. 2124-2R. 2124-3Resulting from decree no. 2019-748 of 18 July 2019R. 2124-4 to R. 212…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2661-1

…no. 2021-357 of 30 March 2021R. 2123-4 to R. 2123-7R. 2124-1 Resulting from decree no. 2019-259 of 29 March 2019R. 2124-2R. 2124-3Resulting from decree no. 2019-748 of 18 July 2019R. 2124-4 to R. 212…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1211-31

…ivities involving the elements, products or derivatives mentioned in 1° of the I of article R. 1211-29, resulting or likely to result in: a) an adverse reaction in the persons mentioned in 3° of the I…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I-1: Research involving the human person

Article L1541-4

…d column of the table in I: ARTICLES IN THE VERSION RESULTING FROM L. 1121-1 Order no. 2022-1086 of 29 July 2022 L. 1121-2 Law no. 2012-300 of 5 March 2012 L. 1121-3 Order no. 2016-800 of 16 June 2016…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Reverse split of shares not admitted to trading on a regulated market.

Article R228-28

…meetings of shareholders, relating to the consolidation of shares, provided for in articles L. 228-29-1 and L. 228-29-2, are taken, under the conditions laid down for amending the Articles of Associa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out

Article L212-6

The rules governing the creation of preference shares are set out in Articles L. 228-29-8 to L. 228-29-10 and L. 228-35-1 of the French Commercial Code.

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