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Showing 47714780 of 42508 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 October 2012 · Cass. 3e civ. 11 May 2005 · Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 2012

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Tasks

Article L518-9

…ervisory Board carries out checks and controls and obtains all the documents it deems necessary. It may submit observations and opinions to the Managing Director. The Supervisory Board may decide to m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-96

The General Meeting may only deliberate after the end of the special meeting of holders of non-voting preference shares provided for in articles R. 228-40 to R. 228-48 when the latter may adopt an opi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions (R).

Article R4432-9

No person may be appointed as a member of the regional economic, social and environmental council or the council for culture, education and the environment if they are deprived of the right to vote. N…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Tutoring

Article D6325-9

When he is an employee, the tutor may not simultaneously carry out his duties with regard to more than three employees benefiting from professionalisation or apprenticeship contracts or professionalis…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Provisions relating to the opening of a branch and the exercise of the freedom to provide services.

Article L321-11-2

…hich are likely to have a cross-border effect. The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may inform the supervisory authority of the home Member State concerned where it has serious and jus…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Transfer and loss of trademark rights

Article R714-9

Inadmissible, rejected, or non-renewed deposits may be returned to their owner, at his request and expense. If they have not been claimed, they may be destroyed by the National Institute of Industrial…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Operation

Article L23-114-2

The exercise of the mandate of member of the Regional Joint Trade Committee may not be a reason for termination of the employment contract. The dismissal or termination of a fixed-term contract of a m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Non-salaried worker training insurance funds.

Article L6332-11-1

A branch agreement may provide that the part of the collection not allocated to the financing of the personal training account for self-employed workers and the professional development advice is mana…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-11-1

When the traineeship has begun abroad, it may be continued in France only if the period spent abroad is validated by the regional council designated for this purpose by the national council, at the tr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedure applicable to requests for disclosure or production of documents

Article R153-9

…ings on the merits, the decision rejecting the request for disclosure or production of the document may be appealed only together with the decision on the merits. II.-The decision granting the request…

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