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Showing 871880 of 50178 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 2 Dec. 2020 – no. 18-20.231

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1844-8

The dissolution of the company entails its liquidation, except in the cases provided for in Article 1844-4 and in the third paragraph of Article 1844-5. It only has effect with regard to third parties…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article L4132-18

…the conditions set out in the first paragraph. Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 4132-17, in urgent cases, the time limit provided for in the first paragraph may be shortened by the Ch…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Complaints

Article L4163-18

When the dispute is linked to a disagreement with his employer on the effectiveness or extent of his exposure to the occupational risk factors mentioned in article L. 4163-1, the employee may only sub…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit, other engagements and services performed by statutory auditors

Article R823-18

For audit certification engagements, in the event of disagreement between the statutory auditor(s) and the management of the audited person or entity on the amount of remuneration, the president of th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title VIII bis: Property development contracts

Article 1831-1

…behalf of the project owner. In particular, it is bound by the obligations arising from articles 1792, 1792-1, 1792-2 and 1792-3 of this Code. If the developer undertakes to carry out part of the prog…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Land registration and publicity

Article 1840 C

…of these formalities shall be personally liable to the increase provided for in 1 of the article 1728. They are, in addition, liable for the payment of duties or taxes, except for their recourse agai…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 10: Reimbursement of costs and expenses

Article A743-18

…of transport concerned, if the journey can be made by rail or by another public transport service; 2° 1st class carriage by rail, based on the number of kilometres travelled, if no public transport i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Implementation and administration.

Article R4622-18

…organisation to which the employer has elected domicile under the conditions set out in article L. 264-1 of the Code de l'Action Sociale et des Familles (Social Action and Family Code) is located; 2°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 16: Interventional cardiology imaging procedures

Article D6124-184

I.-The registration holder must ensure that the medical and paramedical team identifies and regularly updates the recommendations for good practice to be applied, and sets up a system for assessing co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-18

…he person that controls it or that is controlled by it within the meaning of I and II of Article L. 233-3, services other than the certification of accounts, the total fees invoiced for these other se…

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