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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Interprofessional redistribution

Article R444-25

…or maintenance aid: 1° The average annual turnover excluding tax, excluding aids and fees, over the last three closed accounting years is less than the first decile of turnover for the profession conc…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter III: The direct payment procedure for maintenance payments

Article L213-4

…irect payment procedure applies to maintenance payments due.It also applies to payments due for the last six months prior to notification of the request for direct payment.These sums are paid in equal…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: The mayor and deputy mayors

Article L2122-35

…least eighteen years. Municipal terms of office which, as a result of legislative provisions, have lasted less than six years are counted as six years, provided that they have lasted more than five y…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VII: Review in civil matters

Article 1031-14

…must also attach the documents relied on in support of the application for review and a copy of the last written submissions filed by the parties to the review before the court from which the conteste…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to the various companies.

Article R743-68

…capital securities of the other members having been transferred to third parties at the date of the last request. Dissolution takes place on the date of notification to the company of the simultaneous…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-5

…clared eligible. The admission tests, which are marked from 0 to 20, comprise: 1° An interview test lasting a maximum of half an hour, preceded by half an hour's preparation (coefficient 3); 2° An ora…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Equalization

Article R6123-33

…ing commitments. The allocation takes into account the average cancellation of commitments over the last four years in the case of apprenticeship contracts and the last three years in the case of voca…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Legal proceedings

Article L615-8

…barred after five years from the day on which the owner of a right knew or should have known of the last fact enabling him to exercise it..

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2-1: Establishing the biological profile of athletes falling within the scope of Article L. 230-3

Article R232-67-2

Proof of the use of prohibited substances or methods appearing on the list referred to in the last paragraph of article L. 232-9 may only be provided, by means of the biological profile, in compliance…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Statement of liabilities

Article R723-1

…liabilities declared by the debtor. This letter reproduces the provisions of the first, second and last sentences of article R. 723-3.

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