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Showing 16711680 of 27157 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9-10-2007 n° 05-22.023

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article D23-10-2

The information provided to employees mentioned in articles L. 23-10-3and L. 23-10-9 may be carried out as follows: 1° During an employee information meeting at the end of which employees sign the att…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Exceptional aid to help offset the fall in activity in 2020

Article 919-31

The granting of exceptional aid is subject to the provisions of national framework scheme no. SA.59722 authorised by the European Commission by decisions of 9 December 2020, 20 May 2020 C(2020) 3460 a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-10

The sponsor is responsible for compensation for the harmful consequences of research involving the human person for the person who undergoes the research and for those of his successors in title, unle…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction and procedure before courts of first instance

Article 712-10

Jurisdictional competence lies with the sentence enforcement judge of the court within whose jurisdiction is located either the prison in which the sentenced person is imprisoned or, if the sentenced…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 7: Provisions relating to the implementation of other resolution measures

Article L613-56-9

I.-Any financial contract entered into by a person referred to in I of Article L. 613-34 and governed by the legislation of a third country shall include a clause stipulating that the parties acknowle…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Provisions relating to the implementation of an internal bail-out measure

Article L613-55-9

I. - Within one month of the date of transmission of the business reorganisation plan referred to in Article L. 613-55-8, the resolution board shall assess the ability of the plan to restore the long-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-9

The regional council authorises statutory auditors to receive trainees after ensuring that they offer sufficient guarantees regarding the training of these trainees. It shall draw up a list of persons…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Admission

Article R552-9

The objection of the departmental prefect or, in Paris, the police prefect, as provided for in article L. 552-10, must be made within forty-eight hours of the date of the admission decision.To this en…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article A43-9

I.-In accordance with the provisions of Article R. 213-2, requisitions sent under the conditions provided for in this code for the interception of telephone communications shall give rise to reimburse…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-10

Labile blood products intended for direct therapeutic use are stored, with a view to their distribution and issue, at the Établissement Français du Sang and at the Armed Forces Blood Transfusion Centr…

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