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Showing 58015810 of 62240 articles for Art. L. 124-1 et seq.

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article L626-10

…te to the future of the business, the arrangements for maintaining and financing the business, the settlement of the liabilities subject to declaration and, where applicable, the guarantees provided t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Operating conditions

Article L5125-17

An on-call service is organised to meet the needs of the public outside the normal opening hours of pharmacies in a given area. An emergency service is organised to respond to urgent requests outside…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Organisation and operation

Article L5721-7-1

…the absence of an opinion within this period, it is deemed to be favourable.The dissolution order determines, subject to the rights of third parties and in compliance with the provisions of articles…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable by court order

Article L237-14

I. - In the absence of clauses in the articles or of an express agreement between the parties, the liquidation of the dissolved company shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of this s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6461-11

…maintenance and management of roads classified as national highways; 3° Vector-borne disease control.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Notification of dismissal.

Article L1233-15

When the employer decides to dismiss an employee for economic reasons, whether as an individual or as part of a mass redundancy scheme involving less than ten employees within the same thirty-day peri…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations attached to plant variety certificates

Article L623-18

…of notification of the order to the parties.Failing amicable agreement, the amount of royalties is set by the judicial authority, determined in accordance with Article L. 623-31.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mutual funding of employee trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article L2135-17

…and employers' professional organisations that appear on the list referred to in 2° of I of article L. 2135-10 and whose Board of Directors has decided to pay a contribution to the joint fund do not p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Logistical penalties

Article L441-18

…article does not apply to commercial relations with wholesalers within the meaning of II of article L. 441-4.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Deliberations.

Article L3121-17

Any person has the right to request communication of the deliberations and minutes of the public meetings of the departmental council, the deliberations of the permanent committee, the budgets and acc…

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