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Showing 481490 of 6535 articles for Art. CA Rennes – 17 Dec. 2024 – no. 23/05277

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-23

Regularly kept accounting records may be admitted in court as evidence between traders of commercial transactions. If they have been irregularly kept, they may not be invoked by the author for his own…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties of sworn goods brokers

Article L131-23

…f, within the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal, there is no sworn broker specialising in a given category of goods, or if this broker refuses, the court may appoint a broker in the speciality in qu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Intermediaries and price allocation.

Article L143-23

…plementation of Chapters I and II above and of this Chapter, in particular the emoluments to be allocated to the clerks of the commercial courts, the conditions under which registrations, cancellation…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The introduction of a period allowing employees to make an offer in the event of the sale of a business in companies that are not required to set up a works council.

Article L141-23

…rmation is notified to the operator of the business and the period runs from the date of this notification. The operator of the business shall bring this notification to the attention of the employees…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-23

The liability actions provided for in articles L. 223-19 and L. 223-22 shall be barred after three years from the date of the harmful event or, if it was concealed, from the date of its disclosure. Ho…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Audiovisual production contract

Article L132-23

The producer of an audiovisual work is the natural or legal person who takes the initiative and responsibility for making the work.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Rental investment giving entitlement to a tax reduction

Article L122-23

…a reasonable understanding of the risks associated with the investment; 2° Includes a statement indicating that failure to comply with the rental commitments will result in the loss of tax incentives,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 12: Unjustified geographical blocking

Article L121-23

…bited from: 1° Blocking or limiting a consumer's access to its online interface, by using technological or other measures, for reasons relating to the consumer's place of residence on national territo…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Recovery costs

Article L132-23

…creased, in proportion to the benefits derived from the offence, to 10% of average annual turnover, calculated on the basis of the last three annual turnover figures known on the date of the offence.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Right of withdrawal applicable to distance and off-premises contracts

Article L221-23

…on designated by the latter, without undue delay and, at the latest, within fourteen days of communicating his decision to withdraw in accordance with Article L. 221-21, unless the trader offers to re…

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