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Showing 11011110 of 33029 articles for Art. Cass. com. 27-5-2015 n° 14-16.246

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section Ia: Intervention of the guardianship judge in matters of legal administration

Article 1180-14

At the request of any interested party or ex officio, the judge may order that the examination of the application give rise to a debate, in particular when articles 387, 387-3, 387-4 and 387-5 of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acts relating primarily to economic activity

Article A444-148

Pledges and pledges as well as agricultural warrants (numbers 146 and 147 of table 5) give rise to the collection of: 1° Where they are granted by a third party in the main deed : a quarter of the fee…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article A663-14

The fee provided for in article R. 663-14 as part of the task of monitoring the implementation of the plan, actions taken or pursued in the collective interest of creditors, the execution of acts enab…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article L612-14

Subject to the provisions of the first paragraph of Article L. 612-15 and if it has received a filing date, the patent application shall give rise to the drawing up of a search report on the elements…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the lists of judicial representatives

Article A812-14

I. - Applications shall be sent to the secretary of the Commission nationale d'inscription et de discipline des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires, by registered letter with ac…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Council tax

Article 1411 bis

…article 6 of law no. 89-462 of 6 July 1989 aimed at improving rental relations and amending the loi n° 86-1290 du 23 décembre 1986, is calculated pro rata to the length of time the premises were used…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article L814-14

A Conseil d'Etat decree sets out the terms and conditions for applying articles L. 811-7-1 and L. 812-5-1, in particular the rules applicable to the settlement of disputes arising in connection with t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article R641-14

Articles R. 622-2 to R. 622-5-1, excluding article R. 622-4-1, are applicable to the judicial liquidation procedure. The liquidator exercises the functions devolved to the mandataire judiciaire by the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Receivership.

Article L631-14

Articles L. 622-3 to L. 622-9, with the exception of article L. 622-6-1, and L. 622-13 to L. 622-33are applicable to the receivership proceedings, subject to the following provisions.An appraisal of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-14

When the accounts of a territorial authority show a deficit in the implementation of the budget, after verification of the accuracy of the revenue and expenditure entries, equal to or greater than 10%…

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