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Showing 26112620 of 56769 articles for Art. L 144-10 · C. civ. Art. 1709 · Cass. com. 11 May 1971 · Cass. com. 23 March 1999 n° 97-15.000

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-41

Any person who actively solicits mandates, by directly or indirectly proposing to one or more shareholders, in any form and by any means whatsoever, to receive a proxy to represent them at the meeting…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin

Article R6523-23

The Comité de l'emploi, de la formation et de l'orientation professionnelle is composed, in addition to the representative of the State in Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin and the President of the Co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-10-1

I. - When the risk of money laundering and terrorist financing presented by a business relationship, product or transaction appears to them to be high, the persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 shall…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-10-2

For a similar biological medicinal product defined in a of 15° of Article L. 5121-1, the marketing authorisation may be granted before the expiry of the intellectual property rights attached to the re…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Appeal against the decision of the commission départementale d'aménagement cinématographique (Departmental Cinematographic Development Commission)

Article L212-10-3

At the initiative of the representative of the State in the department, the mayor of the municipality in which the site is located, the president of the public inter-municipal cooperation establishmen…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Leasing transactions carried out by property companies for commerce and industry and approved energy-saving financing companies

Article 239 sexies

I. - When the purchase price paid by the lessee for the property leased under a finance lease entered into with a société immobilière pour le commerce et l'industrie is less than the difference betwee…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Common provisions

Article L2224-11-2

The system of charges that may be levied by communes, départements or regions for the occupation of their public domain by water supply and sewerage works is set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Operation

Article L23-114-1

The employer shall allow the employee member of the regional cross-industry joint committee the time required to carry out his duties, up to a limit which, save in exceptional circumstances, may not e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Chiropodists.

Article L4322-11-2

If, after his election, it transpires that an elected member of an Association Council, a Disciplinary Chamber or a Social Insurance Section has, before or after his election, been subject to one of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article R214-234

The securitisation undertaking may grant the loans referred to in V of Article L. 214-175-1 under the conditions defined by Articles R. 214-203-1, R. 214-203-2, R. 214-203-3 with the exception of I, R…

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