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Showing 521530 of 21327 articles for Art. GC – Daimler-Chrysler v Commission – T-235/01

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Accounting

Article L3665-1

The President of the Lyon Metropolitan Council keeps the accounts for the commitment of expenditure under the conditions set by joint order of the Minister of the Interior and the Minister responsible…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Exequatur

Article 1488

Exequatur may not be granted if the award is manifestly contrary to public policy. The order refusing the exequatur shall state the reasons on which it is based.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Exequatur

Article 1487

The arbitral award may only be enforced by virtue of an exequatur order issued by the court within whose jurisdiction the award was made.The procedure relating to the application for exequatur is not…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Transfers

Article L3335-1

In the event of a change in the legal status of a company which has set up a company savings plan, in particular by merger, sale, takeover or demerger, and where this makes it impossible to continue t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Transfers

Article L3335-2

The sums held by an employee, in respect of the special reserve for employee profit-sharing, which he has not requested to be issued at the time of the termination of his employment contract, may be a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Invalidity.

Article R235-1

The formal notices provided for by the first paragraph of Article L. 235-6 and by Article L. 235-7 are made by extrajudicial act or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Invalidity.

Article R235-2

The period provided for in Article L. 235-7 is thirty days from the formal notice. The agent responsible for carrying out the publication formality under the conditions provided for in article L. 235-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Invalidity.

Article R235-3

Third-party proceedings against decisions declaring a company null and void are only admissible for a period of six months from the publication of the court decision in the Bulletin officiel des annon…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Disputes.

Article L7215-1

The industrial tribunal has sole jurisdiction to hear disputes relating to the employment contract concluded between the employees defined in article L. 7211-2 and their employers, as well as to contr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Transfers

Article D3335-1

To obtain the transfer of sums held within a savings plan, the employee indicates to the company that he is leaving the assets he wishes to transfer, using the details given in the summary statement o…

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