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Showing 21912200 of 62271 articles for Art. Trib. com. Bobigny 18 May 2018 · CA Lyon 12 September 2019 · Decree 2020-118 of 12 February 2020

French General Tax CodeIn force
4a: Levy on income from capitalisation bonds or contracts

Article 125-0 A

I. - 1° The products attached to capitalisation bonds or contracts as well as to investments of the same nature subscribed with insurance companies established in France are, when the bond, contract o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-12

This section shall not apply: 1° In the event of the sale of the shareholding to a spouse, ascendant or descendant; 2° To companies that are the subject of conciliation, safeguard, receivership or liq…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Types of practice.

Article L743-12-1

A natural person holding a commercial court registry may not employ more than two salaried commercial court registrars. A legal entity holding a commercial court registry may not employ a number of sa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Identification and lists of members of the medical professions.

Article D4113-121-1

Professionals who have obtained authorisation to practise part of the profession concerned appear on a separate list containing the professional title under which they are authorised to practise and t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-129-6

Any decision to increase the share capital through a cash contribution, unless it results from the prior issue of securities giving access to the share capital, requires the Extraordinary General Meet…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Disputes arising during the performance of a contract of employment

Article R743-139-12

The President of the Conseil national des greffiers des tribunaux de commerce shall be seised as mediator of any dispute arising from the performance of an employment contract either by application lo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Certificate of conformity

Article R752-44-12

The certificate of conformity may not be subject to reservations. Where applicable, it shall mention the differences noted with the commercial operating permit, which may not be substantial within the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article L641-12-1

If the debtor is the settlor and sole beneficiary of a trust contract, the opening or pronouncement of a judicial liquidation in respect of the debtor automatically terminates the trust contract and r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Control of the profession

Article L821-12-2

I.-For the purposes mentioned in 9° of I of Article L. 821-1, the High Council shall, at their request, communicate the information or documents that it holds or that it collects to the authorities of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Control of the profession

Article L821-12-4

For the purposes mentioned in the two preceding articles, the High Council is exempt from the application of the provisions of loi n° 68-678 du 26 juillet 1968 relative à la communication de documents…

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