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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article D526-28

…name at birth, surname at use, forenames, nationality, date and place of birth and domicile; b) The professional activity or activities and, if used, the trade name and sign as well as the numbers and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article D526-29

A standard form of waiver is approved by order of the minister responsible for the economy. If the beneficiary of the waiver is a credit institution or finance company within the meaning of Article L.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article D526-30

…ense, the universal transfer of business assets provided for in article L. 526-27, in the form of a notice in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales or an announcement in a medium…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article D526-32

…debts for social security contributions referred to in the fifth paragraph of article L. 526-22 may not be the subject of the transfer provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 526-27.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article R526-27

To carry out the professional activity referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 526-22, and without prejudice to articles D. 123-235 and D. 123-236, the sole trader uses a name incorporating h…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members

Article D2352-11

…separately at the premises of each company, subsidiary or establishment. The counting of votes may not begin before the close of the last ballot. Seats are allocated to each list in accordance with t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members.

Article D2362-12

When an additional seat is allocated to a legal entity or natural person in application of article L. 2362-3 insofar as it refers to article L. 2352-4, this seat is allocated : 1° If there is a social…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members

Article D2372-6

Where there are representatives or elected representatives in all the companies, subsidiaries and establishments, the trade union organisations appoint the members of the special negotiating body in a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Nomination, election and status of members

Article R2344-3

Disputes relating to the appointment of members of the special negotiating body and of representatives on the European works council of employees of establishments or undertakings located in France fa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members

Article D2352-8

…tal workforce in each company, subsidiary or establishment contains times the quotient. The seat(s) not allocated by application of the provisions of the third paragraph shall be allocated on the basi…

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