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Showing 35213530 of 4064 articles for Art. 1133 · CA Chambéry 18 November 2003

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L522-13

…ance, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion Island, Mayotte or Saint-Martin and wishing to carry on business in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the Eur…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties

Article L621-15

…hich the breach was committed or, if the breach is concealed or hidden, the day on which the breach came to light and was ascertained under conditions allowing the AMF to carry out its investigative o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Supervision on a consolidated basis by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and college of supervisors

Article L613-20-1

…solidated basis of a group within the meaning of Articles L. 511-41-2 and L. 533-4-1 or, where applicable, supervision of compliance with the group capitalisation test referred to in Article 8 of Regu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxable transactions

Article 256

…2° of I of Article 256 bis when these intra-Community acquisitions take place in France, or in application of paragraph 1 of Article 3 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the commo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Energy

Article L2224-31

…ns of article 23 of law no. 46-628 of 8 April 1946 on the nationalisation of electricity and gas, local and regional authorities or their public cooperation establishments, as licensing authorities fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Duration.

Article L145-4

…forms and timeframe of article L. 145-9, if he intends to invoke the provisions of articles L. 145-18, L. 145-21, L. 145-23-1 et L. 145-24 in order to build, rebuild or raise the existing building, t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-15

…hip proceedings do not result in termination of the contract.When the business is continued in application of articles L. 621-22 et seq. of the Commercial Code, all the publisher's obligations to the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-6

…riminal Code and the articles L. 1146-1 and L. 1155-2 of the Labour Code, when they are committed because of the victim's sex, family status, morals, sexual orientation or gender identity or as a resu…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R212-7-20

…e halls and spectator places which have not been put into operation within three years of the notification provided for in article R. 212-7-18 or the date on which the authorisation is deemed to have…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2651-4

For the application of the legislative provisions of Book III to the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° Article L. 2311-1 reads as follows: "Art. L. 2311-1 -The provisions of Chapter I of Title I of Book I…

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