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Showing 53215330 of 37434 articles for Art. n° 22-18436 · Cass. com. 24 May 2011

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R5315-3

…The nature of legal actions, settlements and debt remissions for which the Chief Executive Officer may act without prior and special deliberation by the Board, within the limit, if any, of an amount…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-4

…ual to 3,000 euros per minute produced; 2° Audiovisual works belonging to the documentary genre are 24 minutes or longer and have a production cost greater than or equal to 2,333 euros per minute prod…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title II: Rules relating to non-marine damage insurance

Article A125-2

…0.5% of premiums or contributions for damage cover;contracts insuring risks falling within category 24 of article A. 344-2: 12% of all premiums or contributions relating to the contract, with the exce…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Materials in contact with water

Article R1321-48

…° Encourage the development of microbial flora; 4° releasing contaminants into water at levels that may result in non-compliance with the quality requirements for water intended for human consumption.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Clearance sales, unpacking sales, sales on sale and factory outlet sales.

Article L310-2

…from vehicles specially equipped for this purpose are deemed to be unpacking sales.Unpacking sales may not exceed two months per calendar year on the same premises, on the same site or in the same di…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Other appendices

Article Annexe D

Specification of the information that must appear on the statement of account for the payment of an advanceThe statement of account must highlight all of the following elements: a) Where applicable, t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties

Article L621-15

…ommittee, which appoints a rapporteur from among its members. Facts dating back more than six years may not be referred to the Enforcement Committee if, during this period, no action has been taken to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article R930-1

…following the publication of Decree no. 2008-1419 of 19 December 2008. Articles R. 223-20-1, R. 223-24, R. 225-98 and R. 227-1 are applicable in the version in force the day after publication of Decre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Information for parties and third parties

Article A444-13

…party holder 32.98 € 9 Notification of opposition to the first distraining creditor and the debtor 24.47 € 10 Denunciation of opposition and summons to the first distraining creditor to notify any am…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Conditions

Article L434-8

…or L. 821-2 of the Social Security Code or the supplementary allowance mentioned in article L. 815-24 of the same code or when a person aged over sixty-five who has been legally resident in France fo…

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