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Showing 15511560 of 19581 articles for Art. 21 mars 2001 + Cass. 3e civ.

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Government auditors and financial activities auditors

Article D784-14

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.

Article L213-18

…ct to the provisions of the law of 1 July 1901 relating to the contract of association and articles 21 to 79 of the local civil code applicable in the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Searching for information

Article L152-3

…these provisions is punishable by the penalties incurred for the offence provided for inarticle 226-21 of the French Criminal Code, without prejudice, where appropriate, to disciplinary proceedings an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents

Article A123-72

The National Institute of Industrial Property does not issue information on registrations and other registrations made before 1 March 1954.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Final provisions

Article L614-25

French nationals may claim the application for their benefit, in France, of the provisions of the International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, signed at Paris on 20 March 1883,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to insurance undertakings.

Article R322-7

The Statutory Auditors' special report provided for in the third paragraph of article L. 225-40 and the third paragraph of article L. 225-88 of the Commercial Code must contain, in addition to the inf…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article A822-28-9

Commissionaires aux comptes shall declare annually, by 31 March at the latest, to the Haut Conseil du Commissariat aux Comptes or its delegate, the conditions under which they have fulfilled their con…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-9

…nd address of the establishment authorised under 1° of Article R. 5142-1 or Article 44 of Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001, as amended, on the Comm…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and conditions for carrying out preimplantation diagnosis

Article R2131-25

…e la biomédecine.The practitioner approved for the retrieval activity mentioned in 1° of Article R. 2131-22-2 may only retrieve the embryo in the light of the certificate establishing the indication f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-14

For the application of the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, done at The Hague on 14 May 1954, and the Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954…

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