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Showing 541550 of 28917 articles for Art. 1717 · Cass. com. 30 June 1998 · Cass. com. 17 December 2002 · Cass. 3e civ. 11 January 2006 · Cass. com. 26 January 1993 · Cass. com. 21 April 1992

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Grants and subsidies

Article L2564-26

Until 31 December 2013, by way of derogation from Article L. 2334-29, the amount of the special allocation for housing teachers in Mayotte is calculated by multiplying the number of teachers concerned…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: National Conciliation Commission.

Article R6142-26

…e Commission by the Prefect, who chairs the Conciliation Commission provided for in Article L. 6142-11.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reorganisation and winding-up measures for Community credit institutions

Article R613-26

I. - Pursuant to article 66 of decree no. 85-1388 of 27 December 1985 referred to in II of article R. 613-25, the judicial representative shall notify known creditors that they are required to declare…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a court-appointed administrator

Article R811-26

…re applicable, completed the training period under the conditions provided for in II of article R. 811-25 are exempt from all the qualifying examination tests. They are entered on the list of court-ap…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of delegations

Article R131-26-3

Applications for delegation or its renewal must be submitted no later than: - 30 June of the year following that of the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games; -30 June of the year in which the Olympic a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Notification of concentrations and granting of authorisation

Article R331-26-1

The authorisation provided for in the second paragraph of article R. 331-26 is issued by order of the prefect of the département of the place of departure.For sporting events originating from abroad,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article L613-30-3

…ors consisting solely of : a) Owners of an unstructured debt security mentioned in II of Article L. 211-1 or creditors under an unstructured loan meeting the conditions that must be met by eligible co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 217

Except in the case provided for in Article 196, the parties' lawyers are notified of the judgments within three days by registered letter. In the same way and within the same time limits, the parties…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: The National Council of Sworn Commodity Brokers

Article R131-26

…f the renewal of the Council, sets the date for the opening of the ballot in the first fortnight of December and ensures that it is publicised. As soon as this date has been set, the President shall n…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Insufficient declaration

Article 1729

Inaccuracies or omissions found in a declaration or deed involving the indication of items to be retained for the assessment or liquidation of tax, as well as the restitution of a tax claim the paymen…

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