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Showing 541550 of 36671 articles for Art. n° 17-18143 · Cass. com. 4 January 2023

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: The list of suitable candidates

Article R742-17

…period or who have been granted an exemption from the probationary period pursuant to articles R. 742-2 or R. 742-4, in order of success in the competition. Successful candidates from a given year ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Valuation of securities.

Article D3324-17

…e ban on trading them for a period of five years, except in the cases provided for in Article R. 3324-22.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to all financing bodies

Article L214-173

…tly or indirectly the undertaking in the cases provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 214-172, it is required to credit these sums to an account specifically allocated for the benefit of o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Criminal penalties

Article 1751 A

…onal identification or location shall be punished by the penalties provided for in IV of Article 15-4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Criminal penalties

Article 1741 A

…ry magistrates at the Court of Cassation, elected by the general assembly of the Court of Cassation;4° Two qualified personalities, appointed by the president of the National Assembly;5° Two qualified…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-17

…l developments; 3° The water in the resource or the water distributed shows signs of deterioration; 4° The quality standards set by the order mentioned in article R. 1321-3 are not met; 5° A derogatio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to all national interest markets.

Article R761-17

…tries, stock movements and to keep accounts appropriate to the activities authorised on the market; 4° The conditions of use of common services, facilities or means made available to users by the mark…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Proposal for redeployment leave

Article R1233-17

The employer informs and consults the social and economic committee on the conditions of implementation of the redeployment leave at the meetings provided for in articles L. 1233-8, in the event of re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Model agency authorisation and operating conditions

Article R7124-17

The special register is made available to the Labour Inspectorate and to the child's legal representatives in the event of selection or employment. The child's legal representatives countersign it at…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue, redemption and conversion of preference shares.

Article R228-17

…iving access to the capital. It complies with the rules set out in articles R. 225-113 and R. 225-114, as well as, depending on the case, by articles R. 225-115 or R. 225-116 and R. 22-10-31.The Statu…

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