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Showing 48414850 of 37434 articles for Art. n° 22-18436 · Cass. com. 24 May 2011

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Financial provisions

Article L2513-7

…he Bouches-du-Rhône department and the city of Marseille.From 2014, the amount of this contribution may not be less than the difference, if positive, between the resources allocated to the Bouches-du-…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R212-7-20

When the implementation of an authorised project does not require planning permission, the authorisation lapses for those halls and spectator places which have not been put into operation within three…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Stock options.

Article L225-185

Options giving entitlement to subscribe for shares may be granted for a period of two years from the company's registration, to corporate officers who are natural persons and who participate with empl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to the measurement of the audience of professional employers' organisations at professional branch level and at national and cross-industry level

Article R2152-1

…y are informed of the organisation to which the membership fee is paid. Where applicable, a company may become a member through its establishments, provided that the head of the establishment has been…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Liability regime

Article L133-18

…ent transaction reported by the payment service user under the conditions set out in Article L. 133-24, the payer's payment service provider shall reimburse the payer the amount of the unauthorised tr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Practice of the profession.

Article R6223-44

…medical biology examinations for insured persons, or who contravenes the operation of the company, may be forced to withdraw from the company by a decision taken by an enhanced majority of the member…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Consumer credit

Article L351-3

…e droite du même tableau : ARTICLES APPLICABLES DANS LE RÉDACTIONUR L. 312-1 Resulting from the loi n° 2017-203 du 21 février 2017 L. 312-2 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016 L.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1798 bis

…lure to inform the administration in the event of an irregularity mentioned in 2° of article L. 311-24 of the code of taxes on goods and services;4° The use of documents mentioned in 4° of article L.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Placement in an anti-seizure bracelet

Article R24-14

…ring in accordance with Article 145. The decision is read out to the person under investigation. It may also be decided, without any adversarial debate or prior hearing of the observations of the pers…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation of the company.

Article R743-126

…osed transferee, it shall proceed in accordance with the provisions ofarticles L. 223-14 and L. 228-24.If the acquirer is a third party to the company, the provisions ofarticles R. 743-44 and R. 743-1…

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