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Showing 48714880 of 59246 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 June 2009 n° 08-10.350 · Cass. com. 22 October 1996 · Cass. 1re civ. 22 May 1991 · Cass. 1re civ. 10 July 1996 · Cass. 3e civ. 2 April 2003

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-97

An undertaking for collective real estate investment may not hold more than 20% of the same category of financial instruments mentioned in 4°, 6° and 7° of the I of article L. 214-36 and in article R.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Application requirements

Article L1441-10

A councillor who has been dismissed pursuant to article L. 1442-14 may not stand as a candidate. An appointed councillor who refuses to be installed, who is declared to have resigned or who is deemed…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Economic interest groupings under French law.

Article L251-10

…uding early dissolution or extension, under the conditions determined by the contract. The contract may provide that all or some of the decisions are to be taken under the conditions of quorum and maj…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-10

The guarantee deposits referred to in 3° of article R. 343-1 may be represented on the assets side by the company's claims on depositors.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Nullity, dissolution and liquidation of the company.

Article R814-107

The liquidator may only exercise the powers of attorney entrusted to the company if he is authorised to do so by the court that granted them.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Relations between sports associations and companies

Article D122-10

…by the following documents: 1° The articles of association of the association and of the company ; 2° A receipt for the registration of the association's trademark or name with the Institut National…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Temporary work.

Article L1255-10

…secondment contract with a temporary employment agency, within the period stipulated in Article L. 1251-42 ; 2° Or by failing to communicate, in the secondment contract, all the elements of remunerati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Implementing provisions.

Article L5411-10

…st of changes affecting the situation of jobseekers that they are required to notify to Pôle emploi.2° The conditions under which people cease to be registered on the jobseekers' list if they :a) Who…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Registration of an asylum application by an unaccompanied minor

Article L521-9

When the asylum application is made by an unaccompanied minor, the public prosecutor, notified immediately by the administrative authority, will appoint an ad hoc administrator for the minor without d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 91-1

…ook III of the same Code and is accompanied by offences against the person, the investigating judge may decide that the civil party shall be treated in the same way as the witness as regards the payme…

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