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Showing 761770 of 57408 articles for Art. Cass. 3ème civ. 26-1-2022 n° 20-20.223 FS-B

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: The institution and its missions

Article R741-6 bis

The commercial court clerk invested with a delegation mandate in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 27 of Order no. 2022-544 of 13 April 2022 relating to the ethics and discipline of mini…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XVII: Participatory procedure agreement

Article 2063

The participatory procedure agreement shall, on pain of nullity, be contained in a writing that specifies:1° Its term;2° The subject matter of the dispute;3° The documents and information necessary fo…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions relating to economic and financial control

Article R112-26

The National Sports Agency is subject to economic and financial control by the State under the conditions laid down by decree no. 55-733 of 26 May 1955. An order of the ministers responsible for the e…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The date on which divorce takes effect

Article 262-2

Any obligation contracted by one of the spouses to the charge of the community, any alienation of common property made by one of them within the limit of his powers, subsequent to the application for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assignment and pledging of trade receivables

Article L313-26

The slip may only be transferred to another credit institution or finance company or to another AIF mentioned in article L. 313-23.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Introduction of part-time working arrangements

Article L3123-26

In the absence of a collective agreement, part-time working hours may be worked on the employer's initiative, after consulting the social and economic committee. In companies without staff representat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Employee Rights Commission

Article R1233-26

The employee rights commission mentioned in F of II of article L. 1233-5 is made up of the Director General of the Agence nationale de la cohésion des territoires or his representative, who chairs it,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Use of credits by organisations

Article R2135-26

Appropriations that have not been committed by a beneficiary organisation during the financial year are returned to the fund and added to the total amount of appropriations of the same type that may b…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 201

1. In the event of the transfer or cessation, in whole or in part, of an industrial, commercial, craft, mining or agricultural business, the income tax due in respect of the profits made in that busin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operations following death (R)

Article R2213-26

The body is placed in a hermetically sealed coffin meeting the conditions set out in Article R. 2213-27 in the following cases: 1° If the person was suffering at the time of death from one of the tran…

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