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Showing 491500 of 65950 articles for Art. CJUE 30-9-2021 aff. 299/20 and ord. 10-2-2022 aff. 191/21

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Demergers involving the participation of joint stock companies or limited liability companies

Article L236-21

…9 I is applicable to demergers carried out solely between sociétés par actions. Articles L. 236-10 and L. 236-11 are applicable to the demergers referred to in Article L. 236-20. Article L. 236-17 is…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: The Professional Advisory Committee for Sport and Leisure Activities (Commission professionnelle consultative des métiers du sport et de l'animation)

Article A142-20

The composition of the Professional Advisory Committee on Sport and Leisure Activities, reporting to the Minister for Youth and the Minister for Sport, is as follows: 1° Eight employers' representativ…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article 230-21

…individuals, this identity may only be revealed once the matching operations have been carried out, and only for those items of data which have actually been matched with each other or with other info…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-20

The State may, at any time, by decree, expropriate, in whole or in part, for the needs of national defence, inventions, which are the subject of patent applications or patents. Failing amicable agreem…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum working hours and overtime

Article L3123-20

…o one third of the weekly or monthly working time provided for in the part-time employee's contract and calculated, where applicable, over the period provided for by a collective agreement concluded o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Changes in scope and organisation.

Article L5211-20

…es to the articles of association other than those referred to in articles L. 5211-17 to L. 5211-19 and other than those relating to the dissolution of the establishment. As from the notification of t…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Terms and conditions of implementation

Article L6211-20

When the transmission of a biological sample between two medical biology laboratories, as defined in Article L. 6211-19, is carried out under a cooperation contract mentioned in Article L. 6212-6, ret…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Terms and conditions of engagement.

Article R4532-20

…tely. The remuneration takes into account, in particular, the time spent on site by the coordinator and, where applicable, the operating costs incurred in setting up the inter-company safety, health a…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Transmission

Article L131-21

Unless otherwise agreed, the endorser guarantees payment. The endorser may prohibit further endorsement; in this case, the endorser is not liable to any person to whom the cheque is subsequently endor…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Liability in the event of an incorrectly executed payment transaction

Article L133-21

A payment order executed in accordance with the unique identifier provided by the Payment Service User shall be deemed to be duly executed in respect of the payee designated by the unique identifier.I…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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