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Showing 34313440 of 43731 articles for Art. 2 juill. 1996

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Apprenticeship programme authorisation procedure

Article R1161-21

Decisions to authorise or withdraw authorisation taken in application of Article L. 1161-5 are published on the Agency's website. Decisions to withdraw programme authorisation may be accompanied by an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Continuation of the business during the observation period.

Article R631-25

…end-of-assignment report filed by the judicial representatives under the conditions of articles R. 626-39 and R. 626-40. It is communicated to the persons mentioned in article R. 621-7 and is advertis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 7: Preparation of the economic, social and environmental plan.

Article R631-28

The articles R. 623-1 and R. 623-2 are applicable to receivership proceedings.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Continuation of the business during the observation period.

Article R631-22

For the application of article R. 622-17, the obligation to declare is incumbent on the administrator, where his task is to administer the company alone. For the application of article R. 622-20, the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: The situation of employees during the observation period.

Article R631-26

The order issued by the official receiver pursuant to article L. 631-17 indicates the number of employees whose redundancy is authorised as well as the activities and professional categories concerned…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Continuation of the business during the observation period.

Article R631-20

Articles R. 622-9 and R. 622-13 to R. 622-20 are applicable to receivership proceedings, subject to the provisions of this sub-section.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Continuation of the business during the observation period.

Article R631-23

…ment ordering the partial cessation of activity is communicated to the persons cited in article R. 621-7 and mentioned in the registers provided for in the first four paragraphs of Article R. 621-8.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Continuation of the business during the observation period.

Article R631-21

…appointed, is bound by the information obligations incumbent on the debtor pursuant to articles R. 622-9 and R. 622-16.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Continuation of the business during the observation period.

Article R631-24

…with the exception of the public prosecutor. It is communicated to the persons cited in article R. 621-7 and is advertised as provided for in article R. 621-8.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Electronic voting.

Article R723-21

…p files must be kept under seal under the supervision of the commission provided for in Article L. 723-13. The procedure for counting the votes recorded must, if necessary, be able to be carried out a…

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