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Showing 581590 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 General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-23

The articles L. 2131-1 to L. 2131-6 and L. 2131-8 are applicable, subject to the provisions below, to the deliberations of the arrondissement councils, with the exception of those taken in application…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The introduction of a period allowing employees to make an offer in the event of the sale of a business in companies that are not required to set up a works council.

Article L141-23

In companies that are not obliged to set up a works council pursuant to article L. 2322-1 du code du travail, when the owner of a business wants to sell it, the employees are informed, and no later th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-23

In companies which, at the close of two consecutive financial years, employ at least one thousand permanent employees in the company and its direct or indirect subsidiaries whose registered office is…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article Annexe art A230-7

(Name and registered office of the company and compulsory details) Temporary hunting liability insurance certificate The insurance company named above...... hereby certifies that M......, residing at.…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Rules of conduct and remuneration

Article L314-23

The way in which lenders remunerate their staff and credit intermediaries is without prejudice to the obligations mentioned in Article L. 314-22. The staff concerned are natural persons who work for t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of candidates

Article L1441-23

The employer shall allow an employee of his company who has been appointed as a list representative in the context of the renewal of the industrial tribunal mandate the time required to carry out his…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Inspections

Article L513-23

In each "Société de Crédit Foncier", a Specific Controller and an Alternate Specific Controller chosen from among the persons registered on the list of Statutory Auditors are appointed for a term of f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Terms and conditions of implementation

Article L6211-23

The performance of medical biology examinations, the prescription and administration of certain vaccines, the biological activities of medically assisted procreation and pathological anatomy and cytol…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Inspections and investigations

Article L621-10

The investigators and auditors may, for the purposes of the investigation or audit, ask to be provided with any documents, regardless of the medium used.Investigators and auditors may summon and inter…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Special privileges.

Article L3253-23

The following may bring a direct action or claim special privileges:1° Under the conditions set out inarticle 1798 of the Civil Code, employees in the building and public works sectors;2° Under the co…

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