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Showing 52915300 of 69677 articles for Art. s. 1845 to 1870-1 · decree 78-704 of 3 July 1978 · C. civ. Art. 1105

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Content and electronic form of the register

Article R521-3

For the purposes of this chapter, the seller of the business benefiting from a lien is referred to as the creditor and the purchaser of the encumbered business is referred to as the debtor; the leased…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Commencement and conduct of secondary insolvency proceedings

Article R692-3

The court shall rule on the applications for provisional or protective measures referred to in II of Article L. 692-2 after having heard or duly called in chambers the debtor who has not been divested…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation of the Commercial Court.

Article R722-3

The General Meeting may only validly deliberate if at least half of its members are present or represented. If the quorum provided for in the previous paragraph is not reached, the meeting is reconven…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Calculation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article D3324-3

Notwithstanding the provisions of article D. 3324-2, the added value of banking and insurance companies is determined as follows: 1° For credit institutions and finance companies, by banking income ex…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of the national health data system

Article R1461-3

…e Caisse nationale de l'assurance maladie is responsible for: 1° Gathering the data mentioned in 1° to 4° of the I of Article L. 1461-1 to create the main database; 2° Storing and making available the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation and operation of the High Council

Article R821-3

…ast once every three months, convened by its Chairman, at the latter's initiative or at the request of four of its members or the Government Commissioner.The convening period shall be fifteen days. It…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Appointment, challenge and dismissal of statutory auditors.

Article R823-3

In the cases provided for by article L. 823-4, the statutory auditor is appointed by the president of the commercial court, acting in summary proceedings.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Service at the request of the parties

Article A444-35

If, from the time of the customer's request, the services referred to in article A. 444-34 are provided in less than 24 hours, they give rise to the collection of an increased fee under the conditions…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of prevention and occupational health services.

Article D4622-3

…e Social and Economic Committee opposes the employer's decision, the employer will refer the matter to the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment, who will dec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Initial risk assessment

Article R4412-97-3

I. - When, for one of the following reasons, the person mentioned in the first paragraph of I of article R. 4412-97 finds that the location cannot be carried out, the safety of workers is ensured unde…

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