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Showing 51615170 of 21516 articles for Art. Cass. soc. – 28 Mar. 2018 – no. 16-12707

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial acts

Article A743-9

…eyond two parts 5.58 € 27 Fee for the transmission of a summary proceedings order, per party 8.58 € 28 Proceedings initiated after 1 January 2006 pursuant to Book VI of the French Commercial Code Duti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment terms

Article L441-10

…tion to the creditor. In the case of a periodic invoice within the meaning of 3 of the I of Article 289 of the General Tax Code, the period agreed between the parties may not exceed forty-five days af…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 797

…by a duly transcribed or published deed;4° The notarised certificates mentioned in 3° of l'article 28 du décret n° 55-22 du 4 janvier 1955 portant réforme de la publicité foncière et relatives à ces…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Offences relating to savings products

Article L744-13

…ight-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 221-35 Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 221-36 Order no. 2010 420 of 27 April 2010 L. 221-37 Act no. 2007-177…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Participative finance intermediaries

Article L775-32

…mn of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 548-1 and L. 548-2 Order no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 548-3 and L. 548-4 Order no. 2014-559 of 30 May 2014 L. 548-5 O…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Criminal provisions

Article R1227-5

Disregarding the provisions of: 1° Articles L. 1225-1 to L. 1225-28 and articles R. 1225-1, R. 1225-3, R. 1225-4 and R. 1225-11, relating to the protection of pregnancy and maternity, is punishable by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Formation, registration and termination of the contract

Article D6325-1

…electronic service promoting the development of work-linked training mentioned in Article 4 of Law No. 2011-893 of 28 July 2011 for the development of work-linked training and the securing of career…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation procedures.

Article R5141-34

…nd scientific progress under the conditions laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1234/2008 of 28 November 2008 concerning the examination of variations to the terms of a marketing authorisation…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article Annexe art. A132-4

…e key information document or the specific information document provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2014 and Commission Delegated…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for recognising the evidential value of documents containing personal health data created or reproduced in digital form and for destroying documents stored in a form other than digital

Article L1111-29

…ts signed electronically in accordance with the provisions of the last paragraph of Article L. 1111-28.

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