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Showing 28712880 of 39346 articles for Art. s. L. 145-15 & L. 145-47–55

French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L226-2

…tion formalities for which the founders of public limited companies are responsible by the articles L. 225-2 to L. 225-16. During the existence of the company, unless otherwise stipulated in the Artic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-38

…Autorité des marchés financiers, without being able to reach the threshold provided for in Article L. 22-10-47.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L171-2

The parties to the contract may not depart from the provisions of articles L. 171-3, L. 172-2, L. 172-3, L. 172-6, L. 172-8, L. 172-9, L. 172-13 (second paragraph), L. 172-17, L. 172-20, L. 172-22, L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-23

…f compensation for damage directly attributable to compulsory vaccination in application of article L. 3111-9 ; 3° The payment of compensation to victims of harm resulting from contamination by the hu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Temporary work.

Article L1255-2

…ee by concluding a contract that does not contain the information specified in 1° and 3° of Article L. 1251-16 or that contains such information in a deliberately inaccurate manner, or without sending…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Undeclared work.

Article L8271-9

…m: 1° Documents proving that the registration, declarations and formalities referred to in articles L. 8221-3 and L. 8221-5 have been carried out, as well as those relating to the authorisation to pra…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Savings and provident institutions

Article L512-88

…law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperation, carry out all banking transactions.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article L641-4

For its application in Wallis and Futuna, Article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions.

Article L7124-29

Failure to comply with the provisions of article L. 7124-15 when carrying out a written advertisement offering a modelling activity to a child under the age of sixteen is punishable by a fine of 6,000…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L784-9

…cated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 621-15 with the exception of the 9th paragraph of c), the 9th and 10th paragraphs of d) and h) of…

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