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Showing 22912300 of 37285 articles for Art. n° 20-20619 · Cass. com. 29 May 2024

French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2661-1

…no. 2021-357 of 30 March 2021R. 2123-4 to R. 2123-7R. 2124-1 Resulting from decree no. 2019-259 of 29 March 2019R. 2124-2R. 2124-3Resulting from decree no. 2019-748 of 18 July 2019R. 2124-4 to R. 212…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Temporary exemptions

Article 1395 B

…and their groupings with their own tax system taken pursuant to article 81 of the 1990 finance law (n° 89-935 of 29 December 1989) are applicable under the conditions set out in the first paragraph. I…

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

Article R228-28

…meetings of shareholders, relating to the consolidation of shares, provided for in articles L. 228-29-1 and L. 228-29-2, are taken, under the conditions laid down for amending the Articles of Associa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Demolition, removal or encapsulation plan

Article R4412-133

…of Articles R. 4412-118 and R. 4412-119 ; 14° The technical files provided for in articles R. 1334-29-4 to R. 1334-29-6 of the Public Health Code and article R. 111-45 of the Building and Housing Cod…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out

Article L212-6

The rules governing the creation of preference shares are set out in Articles L. 228-29-8 to L. 228-29-10 and L. 228-35-1 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Definition of a procedure

Article R4412-148

…working environment at the site of the work;3° The technical files provided for in articles R. 1334-29-4 to R. 1334-29-6 of the Public Health Code and article R. 111-45 of the Building and Housing Cod…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Nullity, dissolution and liquidation.

Article R814-143

…aneous requests for withdrawal made by the partners pursuant to the article 21 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 or, in the event of successive applications, by the last of them, without the share…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Administration.

Article R6223-21

Apart from the cases provided for by article 19 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to sociétés civiles professionnelles and by article R. 6223-22 imposing special majority conditions, deci…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-4

…urs (coefficient 4); 2° A written test, comprising the study of a case or practical situations that may be supplemented by a commentary on one or more documents, on the law applied to business life, l…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Events subject to authorisation

Article A331-21

…sions defined in this paragraph are not complied with, the exemption provided for in article R. 411-29 of the same code shall not apply.

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