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Showing 621630 of 778 articles for Art. bulletin 156

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Correction, withdrawal and publication of the application

Article R612-39

…e expiry of that period at the written request of the applicant, a notice shall be published in the Bulletin officiel de la propriété industrielle that the patent application has been made public.From…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Reverse split of shares not admitted to trading on a regulated market.

Article R228-31

…sions of the general meetings of shareholders referred to in article R. 228-28 are published in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires. This publication indicates the date on which the consoli…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Obligations.

Article R228-67

…re admitted to trading on a regulated market or if all its bonds are not in registered form, in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires.If all the bonds issued by the company are in registered…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Settlement of creditors.

Article R643-6

…t of collocation by an insertion in one or more legal announcement media and by an insertion in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales containing an indication of the legal announc…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XII: Criminal records

Article A53-1

The authorities competent to obtain a bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record pursuant to 6° of Article 776 are as follows: The Director General of Social Cohesion of the Ministry in charge of Social Af…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Procedure for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators and revision of the list.

Article R811-31

…mercial, that he or she wishes to be mentioned on the list.The Government Commissioner will request bulletin no. 2 of the interested party's criminal record and will arrange for a character investigat…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The guarantee fund.

Article R334-15-1

The provisions of article R. 334-15 concerning the minimum amount of the guarantee fund do not apply to mutual insurers and unions governed by Book II of the Mutual Code which : a) either exclusively…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Control rules

Article R1251-8

The statement of assignment contracts complies with a model laid down by order of the Minister for Employment. The statement includes for each user company: 1° The company name, address and main activ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Disciplinary chamber of first instance

Article R4311-90

The date of the elections to the Disciplinary Chamber of First Instance is announced by the National Council under the same conditions as those laid down in article R. 4311-58.Candidates shall make th…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 3: Invalidity of auctions

Article R322-49-1

…roperty is intended for the personal occupation of the principal, the registry service requests the bulletin n° 2 of the criminal record of the bidder declared the successful bidder and, in the case o…

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