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Showing 381390 of 32795 articles for Art. Cass. com. 18-5-2022 n° 20-23.204

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition

Article R774-18

Article R. 531-1 is applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2022-125 of 4 February 2022, subject to the deletion in the second paragraph of the words: "in accordance wi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article L626-20

I.-Notwithstanding the provisions of Articles L. 626-18 and L. 626-19, no postponements or deadlines may be granted that have not been accepted by the creditors:1° Claims guaranteed by the lien establ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-20

When, during a six-month period, an intern interrupts his duties for more than two months under articles R. 6153-13 to R. 6153-18, R. 6153-26 or R. 6153-40 or is absent for more than two months under…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue, redemption and conversion of preference shares.

Article R228-20

When the Extraordinary General Meeting decides on the inclusion in the Articles of Association of the procedures for converting preference shares, the report of the Board of Directors or the Managemen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-20

Any association that has been duly registered for at least five years on the date of the incident and whose articles of association aim to defend the moral and material interests of tenants, owners an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions common to annual and five-yearly negotiations

Article L2241-18

The agreement aimed at eliminating pay differentials concluded following the annual and five-yearly negotiations is filed with the administrative authority under the conditions defined in article L. 2…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Employment of foreign nationals not authorised to work.

Article L8271-18

The provisions of article L. 8271-13 apply to the investigation and recording of offences relating to the employment of foreign nationals not authorised to work.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Fate of preserved gametes and germ tissue

Article R2141-20

The written consent to gamete donation referred to in articles R. 2141-17, R. 2141-18 and R. 2141-19 is preceded by at least one interview with the multidisciplinary clinical-biological medical team r…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Services accessible via electronic communications operators

Article D224-20

An order of the Minister responsible for consumer affairs shall, where necessary, lay down the procedures by which the alerts referred to in articles D. 224-18 and D. 224-19 may be voluntarily made av…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets between associations

Article 30-20

For the application of the third paragraph of II of article 79-IV of the local civil code applicable to the départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle, a creditor's objection to the merger or dem…

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