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Showing 25912600 of 51146 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 2 Nov. 2011 – no. 10-22.859

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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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-12

…ll not apply: 1° In the event of the sale of the shareholding to a spouse, ascendant or descendant; 2° To companies that are the subject of conciliation, safeguard, receivership or liquidation proceed…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-6

…ll not apply: 1° In the event of the sale of the shareholding to a spouse, ascendant or descendant; 2° To companies that are the subject of conciliation, safeguard, receivership or liquidation proceed…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article L22-10-9

…ible manner, within the corporate governance report referred to in the last paragraph of Article L. 225-37, where applicable, for each corporate officer, including corporate officers whose term of off…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Transmission of documents by electronic means

Article R232-41-10

…gency: 1° The designation of athletes to form the Registered Testing Pool referred to in article L. 232-15 and compliance with the whereabouts obligations set out in that article; 2° The provisional s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Pharmacovigilance notification and reporting

Article R5141-105-1

The holder of an authorisation referred to in Article L. 5141-12 must report to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article L5217-10-14

…e budget documents include:1° Summary data on the financial situation of the metropolitan authority;2° A list of assistance granted by the metropolitan authority in the form of benefits in kind or sub…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article R22-10-4

…lic of the issue of shares shall reproduce the information in the notice provided for in article R. 22-10-3 and shall contain a mention of the publication of this notice in the Bulletin des annonces l…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation of payment institutions

Article L522-10-1

With the exception of transactions carried out within a group, within the meaning of Article L. 233-3 of the Commercial Code, any acquisition, extension or disposal of a direct or indirect holding, wi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article L22-10-41

…roxy to represent them at the meeting of a company referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 22-10-39, makes its voting policy public. It may also make public its voting intentions on the draft…

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