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Showing 30713080 of 42508 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 October 2012 · Cass. 3e civ. 11 May 2005 · Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 2012

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financing

Article R4236-9

…nditions set out inarticle L. 6331-1 of the French Labour Code. Public and private sector employers may discharge all or part of the obligation set out in this article by paying all or part of the sum…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Membership and operation of professional associations of banking and payment services intermediaries

Article L519-11

…n I of Article L. 546-1, the banking and payment services intermediaries referred to in Article L. 519-1 and their agents shall join an approved professional association responsible for monitoring the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Approved prevention groups.

Article D611-9

The assistance that the State and its public establishments may lend to the groupings is requested by the latter after written agreement, formulated on a case-by-case basis, from the member companies…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of seats to professional employers' organizations

Article R23-112-8

In the event of a tie between two or more organisations after application of article R. 23-112-7, the seat is awarded to the professional employers' organisation with the largest number of member comp…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article R228-9

…res, the share capital and the number of securities represented by all the shares of the same class may be indicated instead of their nominal value; 5° Where applicable, if the company has issued shar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R121-9

Without prejudice to the provisions of article 7 of law no. 83-675 of 26 July 1983 on the democratisation of the public sector, the Board of Directors determines the guidelines for the establishment's…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 3: Multiple assets or seizures

Article R321-9

…y are at the same stage. If the previous creditor fails to pursue the new seizure, the new creditor may request subrogation under the conditions set out in article R. 311-9.

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

Article R814-99

The company is terminated in the cases provided for in Article 1844-7 of the Civil Code. The early dissolution provided for in 4° of this article is decided under the majority conditions required for…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions relating to victims and civil parties

Article D49-93

…bligation to refrain from entering into contact with the victim or the civil party, provided for in 9°, 13° and 19° of Article 132-45 of the Criminal Code, the sentence enforcement judge may decide, a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal proceedings

Article L716-11-2

…ions set out in the'article 121-2 of the Criminal Code, for the offences defined in articles L. 716-9 to L. 716-11 shall incur, in addition to the fine in accordance with the procedures laid down by A…

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