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Showing 15711580 of 25461 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 7 Jul. 2004

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Accelerated safeguard

Article L628-7

Without prejudice to Article L. 622-6, the debtor draws up a list of the claims of each affected party having participated in the conciliation that must be the subject of the declaration provided for…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-70

A local investment fund : 1° May not hold more than 35% of the capital or voting rights of any single issuer. However, due to the exercise of exchange, subscription or conversion rights and in the int…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and tasks of the network of chambers of commerce and industry.

Article R711-71

Territorial, local and departmental chambers of commerce and industry in Ile-de-France, and regional chambers of commerce and industry may only hold general meetings for all professional categories an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Intervention procedures and methods, emergency procedures and hyperbaric safety manual

Article R4461-7

The employer shall draw up a hyperbaric safety manual for each of its establishments, taking into account the results of the risk assessment recorded in the single document provided for in Article R.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6113-7

…t:1° That data concerning them is processed automatically under the conditions laid down by law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties;2° That this d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6145-74

…ther sociétés anonymes with a management board and supervisory board as defined in articles L. 225-57 to L. 225-93 of the French Commercial Code, or sociétés par actions simplifiées as defined in arti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: General obligations of traders

Article A123-7

…ates the procedures for carrying out the technical changes made necessary by those mentioned in 3°. 7° Coordinates the assistance provided by the various competent bodies, particularly with regard to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-71

…applicable, these representatives are appointed under the conditions provided for in Article L. 225-79.The members of the Supervisory Board referred to in the first paragraph of this article shall, at…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of the agency

Article 706-160

…tions provided for in articles L. 2222-9 du code général de la propriété des personnes publiques et 707-1 du présent code;4° L'aliénation des biens ordonnée ou autorisée dans les conditions prévues au…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article 713-47

…io or at the request of the public prosecutor, in accordance with the procedures set out in article 712-8 of this code, modify or supplement the obligations or prohibitions to which the sentenced pers…

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