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Showing 17211730 of 65968 articles for Art. L 225-149-4 and C. civ. Art. 1844-10

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Designation of tax officials responsible for carrying out certain judicial police duties

Article A36-10-10

Within a maximum of two months after the date of the examination, the chairman will convene a meeting of the committee to draw up a list of agents for whom the committee has issued a favourable opinio…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L228-29-10

For the calculation of the ratios provided for in article L. 228-11, existing non-voting preference shares and investment certificates are taken into account. However, the application of the provision…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article L814-10-1

I.-The persons designated under the conditions provided for in III of article L. 812-2 are placed under the supervision of the Public Prosecutor and are subject, for this professional activity, to ins…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Approvals

Article L321-10-3

An insurance undertaking whose authorisation has lapsed remains subject to supervision by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution until all the commitments arising from the contracts unde…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4a: Trade union audience measurement for companies with fewer than eleven employees

Article L2122-10-1

In order to measure the audience of trade union organisations among employees in companies with less than eleven employees, with the exception of those in the branches mentioned in article L. 2122-6,…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-10-1

Continuing training is compulsory for industrial property attorneys registered on the list mentioned in the third paragraph of Article L. 422-1. The Compagnie nationale des conseils en propriété indus…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption leave.

Article L1225-41

An employee holding the authorisation referred to in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-9

Information may be provided to employees by any means, specified by regulation, likely to make the date of its receipt by the employees certain. When information is provided by registered letter with…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-3

Information may be provided to employees by any means, specified by regulation, likely to make the date of its receipt by the employees certain. When information is provided by registered letter with…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Universal legacies.

Article 1003

A universal legacy is a testamentary disposition by which the testator gives to one or more persons the universality of the property that he will leave at his death.

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