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Showing 29913000 of 45755 articles for Art. L 2124-33 · Cass. com. 18 September 2007 n° 05-20.708

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Public territorial establishments

Article L5219-2

In the perimeter of the Greater Paris metropolitan area, public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation known as "territorial public establishments" are created on 1 January 2016. Subject to th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Audiovisual production contract

Article L132-27

The producer is required to seek ongoing exploitation of the audiovisual work in accordance with the practices of the profession. The scope and conditions of implementation of this obligation and, whe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Notifications and information

Article L233-11

Any clause in an agreement providing for preferential conditions for the sale or acquisition of shares admitted to trading on a regulated market and relating to at least 0.5% of the capital or voting…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Indemnities of holders of office in the Martinique Assembly and of office in the Executive Council

Article L7227-22

The councillor of the Martinique Assembly, the president of the Executive Council or the executive councillor who holds other electoral mandates or who sits in this capacity on the board of directors…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Social dialogue.

Article L1

Any reform project envisaged by the Government that relates to individual and collective labour relations, employment and vocational training and that falls within the scope of national and cross-indu…

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

Article L225-24

…by the death or resignation of one or more directors, the Board of Directors may, between two General Meetings, make provisional appointments. When the number of directors has fallen below the legal m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Control of the profession

Article L821-12-4

For the purposes mentioned in the two preceding articles, the High Council is exempt from the application of the provisions of loi n° 68-678 du 26 juillet 1968 relative à la communication de documents…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: General authorisation conditions

Article L5125-3-1

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency defines the district of a municipality on the basis of its geographical unit and the presence of a resident population. The geographical unit is dete…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IVa: Withholding

Article L614-36

I. - When the detention of goods suspected of infringing a patent, supplementary protection certificate or utility certificate is implemented after an application referred to in Article L. 614-32 has…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L774-3

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand…

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