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Showing 531540 of 49641 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 24-2-1976 n° 333

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6 : Conversion of sociétés anonymes.

Article L225-244

The conversion decision is taken on the report of the company's statutory auditors, if any. The report certifies that the shareholders' equity is at least equal to the share capital.The conversion is…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title III: Security agents

Article 2488-10

The rights and assets acquired by the security agent in the exercise of his mission may only be seized by the holders of claims arising from their safekeeping or management, subject to the exercise of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXa: Declaration by management companies of venture capital mutual funds, professional investment funds, partnerships and venture capital companies

Article 242 quinquies

I. - The management company of a fonds commun de placement à risques or a fonds professionnel de capital investissement or the manager of a société de libre partenariat whose regulations or articles o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Guarantee trusts

Article 2488-1

Ownership of real estate may be assigned as security for an obligation under a trust agreement entered into pursuant to the articles 2011 to 2030.The secured obligation may be present or future; in th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mediation

Article R7345-24

When it terminates the mediation, the Employment Platforms Labour Relations Authority shall notify its decision by any means giving a date certain of the receipt of this notification to the platform,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Procedure for marketing AIFs in an EU Member State other than France

Article L214-24-2

I. - Any French portfolio management company or any asset manager established in a third country whose reference Member State is France, which proposes to market, with a passport, to professional clie…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Identification of accounts and treatment of over-indebtedness

Article D721-24

The declarations referred to in Article R. 721-22 shall specify, for the purpose of identifying the account and safe-deposit box holders:1° For natural persons, their surname, first names, date and pl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Formation of the credit agreement

Article L313-24

For the loans referred to in Article L. 313-1, the lender shall formulate an offer provided free of charge on paper or on another durable medium to the borrower and to the guarantors declared by the b…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Financial and accounting system

Article D112-24

The establishment's expenditure includes : 1° Staff costs ; 2° Operating, catering, equipment and maintenance costs; 3° Acquisition costs of movable and immovable property; 4° In general, all expenses…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Professional recovery

Article R645-24

When the judicial representative or the person chosen on the basis of the first paragraph of II or III of article L. 812-2 has completed his assignment, he shall file an end-of-assignment report with…

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