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Showing 511520 of 35571 articles for Art. CA Amiens 27 March 1968 · Cass. com. 8 October 1991 · Cass. com. 24 November 1992 n° 91-11.055 · Cass. com. 11 January 2000 · CA Paris 17 January 2008 · Cass. com. 26 February 1979 · CA Paris 24 September 1991 · Cass. com. 26 October 1999

French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes

Article R123-244

…ormation relating to a natural person's main establishment on national territory and the activities carried out therein shall be entered in the National Register of Companies, upon declaration by the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article R236-26

…Article L. 236-2. This request shall be sent to the company by electronic means to the address indicated by the company or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt sent to the company's r…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R2191-24

In the case of contracts awarded in separate lots, the holder of several lots submits separate invoices for each lot or a global invoice separately identifying the different lots.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and penalties

Article D782-24

…visions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articleIn…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and penalties

Article D783-24

…in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articleIn the version resulting from the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-26-1

…le prudentiel et de résolution a proposal similar to those mentioned in II or III of Article R. 356-26 with respect to a subsidiary having its head office in that Member State, the Autorité de contrôl…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 919-115

…ptional aid and the subsidies received by the foreign sales company under decree no. 2020-371 of 30 March 2020 relating to the solidarity fund for companies particularly affected by the economic, fina…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 septies

The chargeable event for the tax provided for in article 266 sexies occurs and this tax is payable at the time when :1. The receipt of waste in a facility mentioned in 1 of I of article 266 sexies ;1a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification procedure.

Article R1123-24

The committee's opinion includes :1° The identification and title of the research ;2° The name of the investigator or, where applicable, the coordinating investigator;3° The name of the sponsor;4° The…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reintegration into French nationality

Article 24-2

…isition by individual measure of a foreign nationality may, subject to the provisions of article 21-27, be reinstated by declaration made, in France or abroad, in accordance with articles 26 et seq. T…

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