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Showing 42214230 of 38608 articles for Art. n° 02-926 · Cass. 1re civ. 10 May 2007

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R741-5

…registrars relating to entries made in the legal publicity registers for which they are responsible may be disseminated electronically under the conditions set out in this article: a) The information…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Stock options.

Article L225-182

The total number of options opened and not yet exercised may not give entitlement to subscribe for a number of shares exceeding a fraction of the share capital determined by decree in the Conseil d'Et…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI: Audiovisual communication

Article L1426-1

Local authorities or their groupings may, under the conditions laid down in the loi n° 86-1067 du 30 septembre 1986 relative à la liberté de communication, éditer un service de télévision destiné aux…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Transfer of the business.

Article L642-4-1

…risation, approval, agreement or authorisation, mentioned in the 1° or 2° of II of Article 1 of Law n°2014-856 of 31 July 2014 relating to the social and solidarity economy, the bidder shall consult t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Setting the amount of compulsory fire and rescue expenditure before the agreements come into force (R).

Article R1425-16

…e access to all the documents used for the financial assessment provided for in Chapter 1 of Decree n° 96-1005 du 22 novembre 1996 relatif à l'installation des premiers conseils d'administration des s…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-11

Insurance or reinsurance undertakings may decide to publish in the report referred to in Article L. 355-5 any information or explanations relating to their solvency and financial position other than t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1142-3

…provisions of this section do not apply to the sponsor of research involving the human person, who may be held liable in accordance with the first paragraph of article L. 1121-10 and who is subject t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Sociétés d'investissement à capital fixe (closed-end investment companies whose shares are traded on a financial instruments market)

Article L214-137

Articles L. 22-10-62, the first paragraph of Article L. 225-210 and Articles L. 225-211 and L. 22-10-64 of the French Commercial Code do not apply to SICAFs covered by this sub-paragraph.A SICAF cover…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies F

Companies that build or have built buildings intended to meet the obligations set out in the loi n° 96-1236 du 30 décembre 1996 sur l'air et l'utilisation rationnelle de l'énergie et par les chapitres…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to sub-contracts that have the nature of a sub-contract

Article L2393-13

…when the amount of the subcontract is equal to or greater than a threshold set by regulation which may change according to changes in economic circumstances; 2° Under the conditions laid down in Titl…

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