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Showing 16511660 of 45674 articles for Art. Cass. 3ème civ. 7-3-2007 n° 06-12.568

French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Inter-company savings plan.

Article L3333-7

A rider to the inter-company savings plan may be concluded in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in this chapter. However, the rules of a plan set up between several individual employers…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Etablissement public de santé national de Fresnes.

Article R6147-73

The Board of Directors of the Fresnes National Public Health Establishment, which is intended exclusively for prisoners, comprises : 1° As chairman, a Conseiller d'Etat or a senior judge of the Cour d…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Transferable debt securities.

Article L228-73

If the general meeting of bondholders of the company being acquired or divided has not approved, as the case may be, one of the proposals referred to in 3° and 6° of I of Article L. 228-65, the board…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Calculation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article R3324-7

In companies subject to income tax, the tax to be used to calculate net profit is obtained by applying to the taxable profit for the financial year, adjusted in accordance with the conditions set out…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article A123-74

The notice in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales provided for in article R. 123-155 contains for savings and provident institutions: 1° The registration references; 2° The name…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Projects subject to authorisation

Article R212-7

For projects involving the extension of a cinema, the five-year period provided for in 2° of article L. 212-7 runs from the date of registration by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée o…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: COMMUNE SECTION

Article D2411-7

The provisions set out in articles L. 2122-4 and L. 2122-7, in the first and second paragraphs of article L. 2122-8 and article L. 2122-13, apply to the election of the chairman of the trade union com…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-55

The national automated DNA fingerprint database centralises DNA traces and fingerprints relating to the following offences: 1° Sexual offences referred to in Article 706-47 of this code as well as the…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Unfair business-to-business commercial practices

Article L442-7

A buyer of agricultural products or foodstuffs who allows his supplier to charge an unfairly low transfer price incurs liability and is obliged to compensate the damage caused. To characterise an unfa…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the use of currency.

Article R112-7

When providing the service referred to in I of Article L. 112-14, the following is punishable by a fifth-class fine 1° Provide cash against payment by means of a payment instrument included in the lis…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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