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Showing 45314540 of 7437 articles for Art. TEPA Act 21 August 2007

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Realisation of assets.

Article L642-8

…appointed, shall take all necessary steps to complete the transfer. Pending the completion of these acts and upon proof of the deposit of the transfer price or an equivalent guarantee, the court may e…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Damaged property

Article 1059

…o the provisions of 3° of Article 679, plans, reports, certificates, notifications, judgments, contracts, receipts and other acts made pursuant to the loi du 29 décembre 1892 sur les dommages causés à…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Rural development

Article 1021

Decisions, reports, extracts, copies, grosses ou expéditions relating to procedural acts to which the application of articles L. 152-7 to L. 152-10 and L. 152-13 of the Code rural et de la pêche marit…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Facilitating unauthorised entry, movement and residence

Article L823-1

…ent or residence of a foreign national in France.The provisions of this article apply even when the acts are committed by a person in the territory of another State party to the Schengen Agreement sig…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-7

…n of the order, subject to the provisions of articles 1136-13 and 1136-14; this is mentioned in the act of notification.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title II: Information to be provided by distributors and rules of conduct

Article R521-4

All correspondence or advertising, regardless of the medium, from a distributor acting in this capacity must indicate its name or corporate name, business address and, where applicable, its intermedia…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Preferential and resale rights

Article 2457

…he loss resulting from any deterioration that has reduced the value of the property through his own act or fault. However, he may obtain reimbursement, by deduction from the sale price, of his expense…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Job search.

Article L5411-6

…ed employment access project referred to in article L. 5411-6-1, to carry out positive and repeated acts of job-seeking and to accept reasonable offers of employment as defined in articles L. 5411-6-2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Financial penalties imposed by the administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs

Article L5473-3

The same person may not be the subject, for the same acts, of sanction proceedings initiated by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé on the basis of article L. 5471-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article R223-32

Where the corporate action is brought by one or more members, acting either individually or under the conditions provided for in Article R. 223-31, the court may only rule if the company has been duly…

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