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Showing 38113820 of 66753 articles for Art. s. L. 221-1 & L. 221-2

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-20

Where the rebuilt building, under the conditions provided for in Article L. 145-17, has a larger surface area than the original building, the right of priority is limited to premises with a surface ar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-216

…sidiaries or in a company included within the scope of a group savings plan provided for in article L. 444-3 du code du travail.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exchange of information

Article L561-29

The department referred to in Article L. 561-23 shall receive, at its request or at their initiative, the information and requests from counterpart foreign financial intelligence units necessary for t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Public auction sales.

Article L322-2

Sales of goods after judicial liquidation are made in accordance with Articles L. 642-19 et seq. They may be conducted by the ministry of judicial auctioneers, notaries or bailiffs when they take plac…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Introduction of profit-sharing.

Article L3312-2

…sion of the employer, in accordance with the procedures set out respectively in I and II of article L. 3312-5, a collective profit-sharing scheme for employees. An employee of an employers' group may…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 13: Dismissal of a maritime assessor.

Article L2411-23

A maritime assessor may only be dismissed with the authorisation of the labour inspector. This authorisation is also required for: 1° A maritime assessor who has ceased his duties for less than six mo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4151-2

Midwives may, under conditions laid down by decree :1° Prescribe certain vaccines, the list of which and, where applicable, the persons likely to benefit from them are determined by an order of the Mi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-28

…rt may, as an alternative and at the request of the injured party, award a lump sum by way of damages. This sum is greater than the amount of royalties or fees that would have been payable if the infr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-24

Notwithstanding article 13 of the law of 16 and 24 August 1790 on the organisation of the judiciary, the judicial court has sole jurisdiction to rule on any action for compensation for damage resultin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-25

…medical devices that are the subject of the performance study is punishable by a fine of 30,000 euros.

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