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Showing 79017910 of 27157 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9-10-2007 n° 05-22.023

French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions

Article L351-1

…utuna Islands: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 311-1 Resulting from the loi n° 2017-203 du 21 février 2017

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article R236-4

Any joint stock company participating in a merger operation shall make the following documents available to its shareholders at its registered office at least thirty days before the date on which the…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter V: Attachment of assets placed in a safe deposit box

Article R525-5

A creditor who obtains a writ of execution at a time when the property has already been removed from the safe, shall proceed as provided in Articles…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Criminal provisions.

Article L5429-2

In the event of a repeat offence within a period of three years, the employer who has wrongly withheld the contribution provided for in 2° of Article L. 5422-9 and deducted it from wages shall be liab…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Economic redundancies in the context of safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation.

Article L1233-60

In the event of receivership or compulsory liquidation, the employer, administrator or liquidator, as the case may be, shall inform the administrative authorities before making any redundancies for ec…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Commission du cinéma d'art et d'essai

Article 231-40

Each regional section of the art cinema commission comprises :1° The chairman of the national section of the art cinemas commission;2° The vice-chairman of the national section of the art cinemas comm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition of committees

Article R2522-11

When the dispute concerns a branch of activity for which the departments of the ministers responsible for industry, public works and transport exercise, pursuant to a legislative provision, the functi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Weekly and Sunday rest periods

Article R3164-1

The sectors in which the particular characteristics of the activity justify, in application of article L. 3164-5, the employment of apprentices under the age of eighteen on Sundays are : 1° Hotels; 2°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Public holidays

Article R3164-2

The sectors in which the particular characteristics of the activity justify, in application of article L. 3164-8, the employment of young workers on public holidays recognised by law are : 1° Hotels ;…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article L225-206

I.-The subscription by the company of its own shares, either directly or by a person acting in his own name but on behalf of the company, is prohibited. The founders or, in the case of an increase in…

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