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Showing 97919800 of 11310 articles for Art. Loi n° 81-766 – 10 Aug. 1981 – loi Lang

French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Safeguard, reorganisation and compulsory winding-up proceedings

Article L2312-53

…ions provided for in I of Article L. 641-1, Article L. 641-4, the third paragraph of Article L. 641-10, the first and penultimate paragraphs of Article L. 642-5 and the second paragraph of Article L.…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title V: Provisions relating to the Central Pricing Office.

Article R250-4-2

…ral Pricing Office may decide to apply either a fixed excess, the maximum amount of which is set at 10,000 euros per claim, subject to a limit of 200,000 euros per insurance year, or a proportional ex…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R355-12

…condition report are specified in Article 300 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Demergers involving the participation of joint stock companies or limited liability companies

Article L236-22

…proportion to their rights in the capital of that company, the report referred to in Article L. 236-10 need not be drawn up, nor, where applicable, the report referred to in I of Article L. 236-9. Whe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Preparation of the draft plan.

Article L626-2

…tor, shall propose a plan, without prejudice to the application of the provisions of Article L. 622-10.The draft plan mentions the commitments to make cash contributions made for the implementation of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Special schemes

Article 730 quinquies

…istration duty except: a) Where the acquirer holds or will hold following his acquisition more than 10% of the units or shares of the real estate collective investment undertaking or professional real…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R581-19

…pted the transfer of the said person to its territory pursuant to the provisions of Articles R. 581-10, R. 581-11, R. 581-13 or R. 581-14.Where an asylum application has been registered by the French…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Procedure.

Article R145-30

…criteria defined, as the case may be, in articles R. 145-3 to R. 145-7, L. 145-34, R. 145-9, R. 145-10 or R. 145-11, as the case may be, and on the additional questions submitted to him by the judge.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article R225-160

…s kept pursuant to article L. 225-211 to record transactions carried out pursuant to articles L. 22-10-62 and L. 225-209-2 separately indicates purchase transactions and sale transactions.For each of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Data communication service providers

Article L774-39

…wording resulting from L. 549-1 Ordinance no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 549-2Ordinance no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 549-3 to L. 549-10 Order no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 549-11 Order no. 201…

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