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Showing 9911000 of 47047 articles for Art. Cass. com. 7 February 1995 n° 318 · Cass. com. 17 November 1998 · Cass. com. 19 October 1999 · Cass. com. 11 January 2017 n° 15-22.382 · CA Versailles 19 January 2016 · Cass. com. 17 May 1994

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions relating to video game companies and video games

Article D331-19

…be a video game creation company if, on the one hand, it is responsible for the artistic and technical production of a video game and, on the other hand, it initiates and incurs the expenditure neces…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Equity loans granted by the State.

Article L313-19

…se for the financial year. The overall effective rate of interest paid by the borrower to the State may not be less than the average rate of interest paid on the current accounts of the borrower compa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers of the Chairman of the Executive Council

Article L7224-19

The President of the Executive Council, by delegation of the Assembly, may be entrusted for the duration of his term of office with taking any decision concerning the preparation, award, performance a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 7: Additional payment without express consent

Article L121-17

…bsence of express opposition on his part to paying options which he has not requested, the consumer may claim reimbursement of the sums paid in respect of this additional payment.The provisions of thi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Quality of execution of transactions

Article L420-17

…for the various financial instruments.The obligations mentioned in this article shall apply from 28 February 2023.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Obligations of the recipient organisation

Article R1221-17

…ôle emploi the following information from the pre-employment declaration: 1° The employer's identification details ; 2° The employee's national identification number; 3° The employee's date of recruit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Consultation on the economic and financial situation of the company

Article R2312-17

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in article L. 2312-19, in undertakings with at least three hundred employees, the employer provides the Social and Economic Committee with the informatio…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to ski lifts and conveyors.

Article R342-17

Any modification likely to affect the safety of a ski lift or conveyor belt must be declared to the prefect at least one month before it is implemented. To this end, the project owner must send the Pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Special provisions for debtors with several assets and liabilities

Article L624-19

…cluded in another of its assets.The administrator, with the agreement of the mandataire judiciaire, may acquiesce in the request to take over the asset.Failing acquiescence or in the absence of an adm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Capital increase.

Article L3332-19

…scription date is taken by the Board of Directors, the Management Board or their delegate. When the capital increase is concurrent with an initial public offering on a regulated market, the subscripti…

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