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Showing 591600 of 37434 articles for Art. n° 22-18436 · Cass. com. 24 May 2011

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Common provisions.

Article L642-24

The liquidator may, with the authorisation of the juge-commissaire and with the debtor heard or duly summoned, compromise and settle all disputes of collective interest to the creditors, even those re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-24

…the French Commercial Code and Article 7 of the profession's Code of Ethics, the statutory auditor may call on the services of an expert of his choice when certain controls that are essential to the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Negotiation procedures in companies with at least fifty employees

Article L2232-24

…any or establishment, the full members of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee may negotiate, conclude, revise or terminate collective labour agreements if they are expressly auth…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article 230-24

…pose by the Minister of Justice, shall assist in the application of Article 230-23. This magistrate may act ex officio or at the request of private individuals. He shall have direct access to such sof…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Disclosure of accounts

Article L232-24

…32-21 to L. 232-23 has not been made, shall inform the president of the commercial court so that he may apply Article L. 123-5-2 or of II of l'article L. 611-2 as well as the State representative in t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L5134-24

…oyment contract under private law, either for a fixed term, concluded in application of article L. 1242-3, or for an indefinite term. It covers jobs designed to meet unmet collective needs. It may not…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Temporary employment agencies.

Article L6325-24

…representative organisations of employers and employees in the temporary work sector and the State, may provide for part of the funds allocated to work-study schemes to be used to finance training ini…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Free information, screening and diagnostic centres

Article D3121-24

…planning, coordination, monitoring and analysis of the activities of accredited centres. The agency may entrust the operational implementation of the tasks of coordinating, monitoring and analysing ac…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreement

Article R5123-24

The allowance may only be paid by the State if the company has included in its collective labour agreement provisions relating to forward-looking employment management, the development of its employee…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific rules for negotiating unemployment insurance agreements

Article L5424-22

…employers' and employees' organisations representing all the professions mentioned in article L. 5424-20 negotiate between themselves the specific rules defined in I of this article. To this end, as…

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