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Showing 27912800 of 59844 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 5-1-2012 n° 10-12.741

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article L22-10-24

The exemption from the obligation to include members representing employees on the supervisory board provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 225-79-2 is applicable to companies whose shares…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article L22-10-29

In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the supervisory board shall establish a procedure for regularly assessing whether the agreements relating to current transactio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Needs assessment and protection measures for victims of crime

Article D1-10-2

The in-depth assessment is updated during the course of the procedure in the event of the emergence of new elements among those mentioned in article D. 1er-3.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Compulsory release

Article D147-17-5

The prison integration and probation service located within the jurisdiction of the prison in which the person subject to compulsory release is incarcerated will give or arrange for the person to be g…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership

Article L22-10-61

Article L. 225-208 shall not apply to companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility subject to the provisions of II of Article L. 433-3 of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership

Article L22-10-63

Article L. 225-209-2 is not applicable to companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market subject to the dispositions du II de l'article L. 433-3 du code monétaire et financier.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision on a consolidated basis by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and college of supervisors

Article R613-3-10

When, pursuant to II of Article L. 613-20-6, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution decides to assess the likely impact of the measures provided for in II of that article on the subsidia…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article R53-8-10

In the event of a penal composition provided for in 3° of Article 706-53-2, the person is informed by the public prosecutor or the public prosecutor's delegate, who hands over the document provided fo…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Appeal against the decision of the commission départementale d'aménagement cinématographique (Departmental Cinematographic Development Commission)

Article L212-10-8

If an application for authorisation is rejected on substantive grounds by the Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique, no new application may be submitted by the same applicant, for the s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article D72-103-3

For the application of 20° of Article L. 72-103-2, provisions for liabilities and charges must be set aside as soon as the risk arises, and impairment must be recognised if an asset loses value.The Ch…

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