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Showing 10911100 of 41434 articles for Art. Cass. com. 6 May 2003

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Dissolution and liquidation.

Article R822-68

Except in the event of the company being struck off, the liquidator may be chosen from among the partners. The duties of liquidator may not be entrusted to an auditor who has been the subject of a dis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Amendment of the Articles of Association.

Article R4113-63

If the articles of association are amended, a copy of the full minutes of the general meeting or of the amending deed is immediately brought to the attention of the conseil départemental de l'ordre, a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4 : Start-up grant for self-employed activity

Article D5213-60

The grant must be repaid if it is used for purposes other than those for which it was granted, if the business is not operated or if the person concerned abandons the profession without justification.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: National register of persons prohibited from managing assets

Article R128-6

The following may be recipients of information and personal data recorded in the national file of persons prohibited from managing: 1° Pursuant to 3° of Article L. 128-2 :a) Judicial police officers o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties and criminal liability

Article L3515-6

…ere the subject of the illegal operation. In the event of prosecution, the cessation of advertising may be ordered either at the request of the public prosecutor or ex officio by the examining magistr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Multiannual contract of objectives and resources

Article R5213-68

…ur Inspectorate finds that the Adapted Enterprise has breached the rules of labour law, the Prefect may suspend the contract with the Adapted Enterprise if it has not rectified the situation within th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Delimitation of the waiting area

Article L341-6

The waiting area extends from the points of embarkation and disembarkation to those where checks on persons are carried out.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Access to defence or security concession contracts by economic operators or products from third countries

Article L3124-6

…be awarded to economic operators from Member States of the European Union.The awarding authorities may, however, authorise, on a case-by-case basis, economic operators from countries outside the Euro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-14

…ion for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, done at The Hague on 14 May 1954, and the Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Pro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L3355-6

Natural persons guilty of an offence under this Title are liable to the additional penalty of temporary or permanent disqualification from the profession of tobacconist. In the event of prohibition fr…

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