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Showing 19411950 of 66696 articles for Art. L 146-1 · Cass. com. 3 December 1991 · Cass. soc. 19 June 2013

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article L824-3

I.-The persons mentioned in II of Article L. 824-1 shall be liable to the following penalties:1° A ban for a period not exceeding three years from exercising administrative or management functions wit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General and financial provisions.

Article L5321-3

I.-A fee is payable by the applicant for the performance by the Agency of the following operations: 1° Analysis of samples and evaluation of the documentation relating to the control protocol submitte…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Declaration of activity as a live performance entrepreneur

Article L7122-3

Any person established on national territory who falls into one or more of the categories mentioned in article L. 7122-2 may engage in the activity of entrepreneur of live performances subject to : 1°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Building and public works employers.

Article L6331-38

I.-The contribution rate for companies is set by agreement between the professional employers' organisations and the trade union organisations representing employees at national level in the building…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Admission to psychiatric care at the request of a third party or in the event of imminent danger

Article L3212-3

In an emergency, where there is a serious risk of harm to the patient, the director of an establishment mentioned in article L. 3222-1 may, exceptionally, at the request of a third party, admit a pati…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Effects of winding-up proceedings of companies whose registered office is located within the territory of a Member State of the European Union other than France.

Article L326-30

In the event of the liquidation of a reinsurance undertaking referred to in 1° or 2° of III of Article L. 310-1-1, the commitments arising from contracts underwritten through a branch or under the fre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Health expertise

Article L1452-3

Persons invited to contribute their expertise in the fields of health and health safety to the Minister for Health, to the commissions and councils sitting with the Ministers for Health and Social Sec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Transfer of the business assets of the sole trader

Article L526-30

On pain of nullity of the transfer provided for in Article L. 526-27: 1° The transfer must relate to the entire business assets of the sole trader, which may not be split; 2° In the event of a contrib…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals.

Article L1242-3

In addition to the cases provided for in Article L. 1242-2, a fixed-term employment contract may be concluded : 1° Under legal provisions designed to encourage the recruitment of certain categories of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Enforcement provisions.

Article L323-34

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the terms and conditions for the application of this section, and in particular : - the procedures for application of Article L. 323-21 ; - the procedure…

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