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Showing 27812790 of 32230 articles for Art. Loi 2011-900 du 29-7-2011

French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article L111-7-2

…rom consumers is required to provide users with fair, clear and transparent information on the procedures for publishing and processing opinions placed online. It specifies whether or not these review…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-7

…THE ENTITY AND ITS ENVIRONMENT AND ASSESSING THE RISK OF MATERIAL MISTAKENESS IN THE ACCOUNTS Introduction 1. The statutory auditor obtains a sufficient understanding of the entity, including its int…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 787 B

…à concurrence de 75 % de leur valeur, les parts ou les actions d'une société ayant une activité industrielle, commerciale, artisanale, agricole ou libérale transmises par décès, entre vifs ou, en pl…

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

Article L422-7-1

Industrial property attorneys may practise their profession within the framework of a société pluri-professionnelle d'exercice, provided for in Title IV bis of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 rela…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers of the overseas regions in relation to economic development and regional planning

Article L4433-7-2

The regional development plan sets out the fundamental guidelines for the development, protection and enhancement of the coastline. It takes the place, for the sectors that it determines, of a scheme…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting up a collective shop

Article L125-7

…court, if the owner of the business can prove that the security held by the creditor has not been reduced by membership of the collective warehouse or that he is offered at least equivalent guarantees…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Maintenance of the register and effects of registration.

Article L123-7

The registration of a natural person carries with it a presumption of merchant status. However, this presumption is not enforceable against third parties and administrations that provide proof to the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The spouse, partner in a civil solidarity pact or cohabitee of the company director, working in the family business

Article L121-7

In dealings with third parties, acts of management and administration performed for the needs of the business by the collaborating spouse are deemed to be performed on behalf of the head of the busine…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Management leases.

Article L144-7

Until the management lease contract is published, the lessor of the business is jointly and severally liable with the managing lessee for any debts contracted by the latter in connection with the oper…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Forwarding agents.

Article L132-7

Goods leaving the seller's or the shipper's warehouse travel, unless otherwise agreed, at the risk and peril of the person to whom they belong, subject to his recourse against the commission agent and…

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