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Showing 20712080 of 18954 articles for Art. Cass. crim. – 31 Oct. 2000

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: The institution and its missions

Article A741-1

…rcial courts with a staff of 25 to 30 judges: 1 or 2 agents;2° In commercial courts with a staff of 31 judges to 40 judges: 2 or 3 agents;3° In commercial courts with a staff of 41 judges to 60 judges…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Right to leave

Article D7121-36

To benefit from continuous annual leave, in application of article D. 7121-31, the employee must send the paid leave fund the certificates he has received from his employer or successive employers. Th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article R910-1

…R. 662-18, R. 670-1 to R. 670-7, and Title IX of Book VI;6° Articles R. 711-6, R. 711-18 à R. 711-31, R. 712-24, R. 713-31 to R. 713-63, D. 721-2 à R. 721-4 and R. 721-7 to R. 761-26 as well as the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.

Article L612-4

…ally from the administrative authorities, within the meaning of l'article 1er de la loi du 12 avril 2000, ou des établissements publics à caractère industriel et commercial une ou plusieurs subvention…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article L236-33

…ermit, the merger agreement may provide, for the cross-border mergers referred to in Article L. 236-31, for the payment of a cash balance in excess of 10% of the nominal value or, failing that, of the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-42

…lowed by the mentions provided for in the first paragraph of Article 2 of the aforementioned Law of 31 December 1990.They must also indicate the address of its registered office, the mention of its re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Société d'exercice libéral de pharmaciens d'officine.

Article R5125-14

…articles R. 5125-15 to R. 5125-24 govern companies formed pursuant to Title I of law no. 90-1258 of 31st December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professions subject…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2224-7-1

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 240

…this, the declaration is filed with the body or administration designated by decree, no later than 31 January of the calendar year following that during which these sums were paid or, by way of derog…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3141-22

…in respect of the reference year may be carried over. In this case, leave may be carried over until 31 December of the year following the year in which the period for taking this leave began. The agre…

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