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Showing 35313540 of 47971 articles for Art. L 113-14 · loi n° 2019-733 du 14 juillet 2019

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions common to French economic interest groupings and European economic interest groupings

Article L253-1

It is prohibited for any person or entity to make an offer to the public, within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017, of the membership rights of an economic interest grouping…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article L641-8

Any sums received by the liquidator in the performance of his duties shall be immediately paid into a deposit account at the Caisse des dépôts et consignations. In the event of delay, the liquidator s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandate

Article L722-15

When none of the judges of the Commercial Court fulfils the conditions of seniority required either to rule in matters of safeguard, receivership or judicial liquidation, judicial settlement or liquid…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Loan guarantees

Article L3231-4-1

I. - The provisions of the second, third and fourth paragraphs of article L. 3231-4 do not apply to loan guarantees or sureties granted by a département:1° For housing construction, acquisition or imp…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L111-1

Titles I, II and III of this Book concern only terrestrial insurance. With the exception of articles L. 111-6, L. 112-2, L. 112-4, L. 112-7 and L. 113-4-1, they do not apply to insurance contracts gov…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: European patents

Article L614-6

A European patent application may only be converted into a French patent application in the case provided for in Article 135-1 (a) of the Munich Convention. In this case and on pain of rejection of hi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Agents

Article L523-3

The commissioning payment service provider shall remain fully liable to third parties for the actions of any agent it has commissioned.The payment service provider shall ensure that its agents comply…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Unavailability, early release and delivery of sums

Article L3334-15

Without prejudice to the cases of early release provided for in article L. 3334-14, the sums or values registered in the participants' accounts are paid out in the form of a life annuity acquired for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity fund for municipalities in the Ile-de-France region

Article L2531-13

I. - From 1 January 2018 , the resources of the solidarity fund for the communes of the Ile-de-France region are set at 350 million euros.II. - The solidarity fund for the communes of the Ile-de-Franc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Possibilities for grouping company pension savings plans

Article L224-27

Notwithstanding article L. 224-20, when a collective company retirement savings plan is set up, the company may decide, under the conditions mentioned in article L. 224-14, to set up compulsory paymen…

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