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Showing 49614970 of 42508 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 October 2012 · Cass. 3e civ. 11 May 2005 · Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 2012

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Guardianship arrangements.

Article R712-9

The supervisory authority may automatically enter compulsory expenditure, and in particular: 1° Staff costs; 2° Loan repayments; 3° Taxes, levies or any charge provided for by a legislative or regulat…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Training agreement

Article R211-98

…ards the sports club managed by the association or company to which the training centre belongs. It may stipulate that the person concerned must take out a sports licence with this club.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Jurisdiction of the protection litigation judge

Article R713-9

Orders are final. They may be the subject, within a period of fifteen days, of an application for retraction delivered or addressed to the registry of the judicial court by any interested party who ha…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Procedure for visiting the foreign national's home

Article R733-9

The order of the liberty and custody judge authorising the visit to the foreign national's home may be appealed to the first president of the court of appeal, within twenty-four hours of its notificat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-98

…rcising their voting rights at the meeting electronically under the conditions of article R. 225-61 may only access the dedicated site after identifying themselves using a code provided prior to the s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Remuneration.

Article L7123-9

Expenses advanced by the modelling agency for the promotion and development of the model's career may only be reimbursed by means of successive deductions not exceeding a percentage of the amount of w…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Dissolution and liquidation.

Article R822-96

If only one partner remains, he may, within a period of one year, transfer part of his shares to a third party entered on the list. Failing this, the company is dissolved on the date on which the peri…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope of application

Article R4451-97

…situation is any worker who has been entrusted with one of the actions mentioned in Article R. 4451-96. These actions may not be entrusted to a pregnant or breastfeeding woman or to a young worker.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Publicity and protection of the rights of third parties.

Article R229-9

…offer to acquire the investment certificates, provided for in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 229-2, is the subject of a notice inserted in a medium authorised to receive legal announcements in th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Suspension of the contract and protection against breach.

Article L1226-9

During periods when the employment contract is suspended, the employer may only terminate the contract if he can prove either that the employee is guilty of serious misconduct or that it is impossible…

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