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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Promissory notes.

Article L512-8

Payment by promissory note is only permitted to the debtor if it has been expressly provided for by the parties and mentioned on the invoice. Even in this case, if the promissory note has not reached…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial assistance for employees, company directors or managers.

Article L7233-8

Financial assistance may be managed by the social and economic committee or the company, or jointly by the social and economic committee and the company. In the case of joint management, the social an…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Pharmacies for internal use.

Article L5126-8

I. - The Director General of the Regional Health Agency may authorise, for a limited period, the in-house pharmacies of public health establishments: 1° To supply other in-house pharmacies when there…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members.

Article L2352-8

Disputes relating to the appointment of the members of the special negotiating body and the employee representatives on the committee of the European Company whose registered office is in France, as w…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Advertising

Article L312-8

In all written advertising, regardless of the medium used, the information relating to the annual percentage rate of charge, its fixed, variable or revisable nature, the total amount owed by the borro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 11: Charges for the transport and distribution of electricity and gas and the transport of hydrocarbons and chemicals by pipeline

Article L2333-86

The fees referred to in article L. 2333-84 are subject to the five-year statute of limitations which begins to run from the date on which they became due. The four-year limitation period instituted by…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Undertakings for collective real estate investment with sub-funds

Article L214-85

…té de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable so provide. Each sub-fund gives rise to the issue of one or more classes of units or shares representing the assets of the undertaking fo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Financing

Article L2312-82

…nd economic committees, the determination of the overall amount of the employer's contribution paid to finance the committee's social and cultural activities is carried out at company level under the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Professional recovery

Article L645-8

…e judicial representative or the person chosen on the basis of the first paragraph of II of article L. 812-2 or on the basis of III of the same article, immediately informs known creditors of the open…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Judgment on liability

Article L623-8

…he trader liable, the court shall set the period within which consumers may join the group in order to obtain compensation for their loss. This period may not be less than two months nor more than six…

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