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Showing 31313140 of 56807 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 28-1-2021 n° 19-25.036

French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Advertising procedures for contracts for social services and other specific services

Article R2131-15

Where the purchaser has not published a notice as referred to in Article R. 2131-7, contracts for social services and other specific services mentioned in 3° of Article R. 2123-1, the estimated value…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article R223-17

The report provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 223-19 contains:

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article D45-11

The accounting officer of the Directorate General of Public Finance sends the interested party, for each fine, an extract from the enforcement order concerning him in the form of a notice inviting him…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Commencement of proceedings

Article R631-14

At their request, the director shall deliver to the persons whose shares representing their corporate rights are transferred to the special account provided for in Article L. 631-10 a certificate allo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 177-1

The investigating judge may order, at the request of the person concerned or, with that person's agreement, of his own motion or at the request of the public prosecutor, either the publication in full…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions for the automatic cinema exhibition account

Article 123-13

In the event of the definitive closure of a cinema recording an average weekly admission of less than or equal to 2,200 during the five years preceding the year of closure, and subject to the payment…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-14

The option to acquire or allocate lapses if its beneficiary has not exercised it by notifying the surviving undivided co-owners and the heirs of the predeceased within one month of the day on which he…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the presence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-18

Where the agreement between usufructuary and bare owner provides for decisions to be taken by a majority in number and in shares, the voting right attaching to the shares is divided equally between us…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title III: Rules relating to life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A134-1

For the application of Article R. 134-2, notwithstanding Article 142-3 of Regulation No. 2015-11 of 26 November 2015 of the Autorité des normes comptables relating to the accounting framework for insu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R5134-14

Pôle emploi, the organisations mentioned in article L. 5314-1 and in 1° bis of article L. 5311-4, as well as the education authority rectors for the contracts mentioned in article L. 5134-125, may all…

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