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Showing 62616270 of 9215 articles for Art. 8 janv. 1997

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Qualifying conditions

Article R742-1

…n;5° Have not been subject to personal bankruptcy or the prohibition provided for in Article L. 653-8 ;6° Subject to the exemptions provided for in articles R. 742-2, R. 742-3, R. 742-4 and R. 742-6 o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars

Article A743-15

…a judicial liquidation procedure listed under number 143 of the table referred to in Article A. 743-8 gives rise to the collection of a principal fee, which varies according to the number of employees…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The Managing Director

Article R6123-13

…g to the institution's missions within the limits set, where applicable, by the Board of Directors; 8° Represents the institution in legal proceedings and in civil acts under the conditions laid down,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation, amendment and duration of the contract

Article L224-25-5

…essional; 2° The information mentioned in articles L. 111-1, L. 221-5 and, where applicable, L. 221-8 and L. 221-11, and in particular: a) The nature of the benefit granted by the consumer instead of…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: The Public Prosecutor's Office as an added party.

Article 425

…and personal bankruptcy proceedings or relating to the prohibitions provided for by Article L. 653-8 of the Commercial Code.The Public Prosecutor's Office must also be notified of all cases in which…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 144-1

…the investigations necessary to establish the truth. Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 803-8 guaranteeing a person's right to be held in conditions that respect their dignity, the investi…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of the customs service.

Article 44

…l miles measured from the baselines of the territorial sea defined in Article 2 of Order No. 2016-1687 of 8 December 2016.3. The land area is comprised: (a) Between the coastline and a line drawn fort…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Authorisation of a payment transaction

Article L133-7

…as the payment order has not become irrevocable in accordance with the provisions of article L. 133-8.Consent to the execution of a series of payment transactions may also be withdrawn, with the effec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Procedure for consulting employee representatives specific to collective redundancies.

Article L1233-10

Together with the invitation to the meeting provided for in article L. 1233-8, the employer shall send the employee representatives all relevant information on the proposed mass redundancies. It shall…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Mediation

Article L1143-6

…a mediator, under the conditions set out in section 1 of chapter I of title II of law no. 95-125 of 8 February 1995 relating to the organisation of the courts and to civil, criminal and administrative…

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