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Showing 21412150 of 36923 articles for Art. Cass. com. 21-4-2022 n° 20-16.295

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: End of the research period

Article L1233-57-21

The actions undertaken by the employer under the obligation to find a buyer are taken into account in the revitalisation agreement concluded between the company and the administrative authority pursua…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Judicial representatives

Article R812-21-1

The provisions relating to the supervision and inspection of judicial agents, are applicable to the persons mentioned in III of Article L. 812-2 subject to the following provisions: 1° The provisions…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: European UCITS management companies

Article L532-21-2

Where the Autorité des marchés financiers finds that a management company referred to in Article L. 532-20-1 with a branch or providing services in mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martiniq…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Declared funds.

Article R214-203-6

When granting loans, a specialised professional fund :1° May borrow under the following cumulative conditions:a) The maximum leverage of the fund, expressed as a ratio between the fund's exposure and…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The insurance certificate.

Article R211-21-2

For the application of article R. 211-21-1, any insurance company operating in the territory of the French Republic must issue, free of charge, a certificate for each of the vehicles covered by the co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article L613-21-7

I. - When the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is consulted by the authority of another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, resp…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-20-2

I.-Seals and samples are sent to the central service for the preservation of biological samples in standardised packaging in accordance with the procedures laid down by joint order of the Minister of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 209-0 B

I. - Companies at least 75% of whose turnover is derived from the operation of ships used for commercial purposes may, by option, be subject to the regime defined in this article for the determination…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-20-1

I.-The right to authorise the simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged cable retransmission, on national territory, of a work broadcast from national territory or the territory of another Member State o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Declared funds.

Article R214-203-5

I. - The regulations or articles of association of the specialised professional fund which grants loans specify the date of its liquidation and may provide for a right to temporarily extend its life,…

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