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Showing 761770 of 45430 articles for Art. Cass. com. 15-3-2011 n° 10-14.886

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Single personnel register.

Article L1221-15

The single staff register is made available to the Social and Economic Committee and to the officials and agents responsible for ensuring the application of this Code and the Social Security Code.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to the establishment of a relay facility

Article R311-15

When the authorisation of a bridge institution is withdrawn in accordance with article L. 311-39, any liquidation surplus reverts to the holders of the institution's equity securities.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Personal recovery without compulsory liquidation

Article R741-15

The call to creditors provided for in Article L. 741-8 shall be published by the clerk of the judicial court in the manner provided for in article R. 723-2.Failing agreement between the parties, the P…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Processing the application

Article R434-15

The mayor has two months from receipt of the application to check whether the income and housing conditions set out in 1° and 2° of article L. 434-7 have been met. He has an equal period, if the matte…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Investment rules

Article R214-15

A UCITS may enter into the financial contracts referred to in 5° of the I of Article L. 214-20 concluded on the markets referred to in 1°, 2° or 3° of the I of Article R. 214-11 or traded over-the-cou…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Procedures for mobilising trade receivables.

Article R313-15

The notification provided for in article L. 313-28 may be made by any means. Notification to the debtor of an assigned or pledged claim, in application of articles L. 313-23 to L. 313-35, must include…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Nature and conditions of granting

Article R5141-15

The application must be made prior to setting up or taking over a business or starting a new activity. It must be accompanied by a file showing that the applicant meets the conditions for the granting…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article R123-154

For proceedings opened on or after 1 January 2006, the following may not be disclosed: 1° Judgments handed down in safeguard proceedings in the event of closure of the proceedings pursuant to article

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Democratisation and transparency

Article R5211-15

For public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation which include at least one municipality of 3,500 inhabitants or more, and which have their own tax system, the summary data relating to the fi…

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

Article R225-151

For the purposes of determining the ceiling provided for in Article L. 22-10-62, the General Meeting shall set the maximum number of shares that may be acquired and the maximum amount of the transacti…

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