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Showing 43114320 of 21190 articles for Art. Cass. com. 30 août 2023 n° 22-12084

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Joint and several liability of those responsible

Article L481-10

…thin the category of small and medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of the article 51 of law n° 2008-776 of 4 August 2008 on modernisation of the economy and the regulatory measures taken for i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Authorised bodies

Article R5211-62

The decisions taken by the approved bodies under the procedures referred to in subsections 5, 6, 8 and 9 of section 6 of this chapter are valid for five years. They may be renewed for five-year period…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Administrative regime for ships

Article 230

…ituated must be deposited by the shipowner at the customs office of the said home port within 15 or 30 days of leaving the port where the repairs are carried out, depending on whether or not the latte…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to medical biology laboratories authorised in France

Article D6221-24

…described in 1° and 1° bis of III of Article 7 of the said Order, as amended by Law No. 2013-442 of 30 May 2013, shall be sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the Director Gene…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Expenditure

Article L5217-12-1

…s this competence; 13° Expenditure relating to the sanitation police referred to in article L. 2213-30 if the metropolitan authority exercises this competence; 14° Expenditure on the maintenance of me…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L224-25-2

I.-The provisions of this section shall apply to any contract under which a trader, or any person holding himself out or acting as a trader, provides digital content and a digital service to a consume…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for executing a payment transaction

Article L133-10

I. - Where the payment service provider refuses to execute a payment order or initiate a payment transaction, it shall notify the payment service user, or make the notification available to the paymen…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exemption

Article 1594 I ter

The departmental councils of the overseas departments may, by deliberation, exempt from land registration tax or registration duty transfers of co-ownership shares in classified hotels, tourist reside…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Provisions relating to the preparation, assessment and implementation of preventive recovery plans

Article A311-2

I.-For the application of Article L. 311-5, the supervisory board of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall decide how often the preventive recovery plan is to be updated, which ma…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Unavailability of sums, early release and liquidation.

Article L3332-25

Except in the cases listed in the Conseil d'Etat decree provided for in article L. 3324-10, shares or units acquired on behalf of employees and former employees are delivered to them at the end of a m…

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