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Showing 91019110 of 21091 articles for Art. CA Paris 20-5-2009 n° 08-2432

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: Clearing houses

Article D440-3

…hey do not offer clearing services on behalf of third parties; -they belong to one of the following categories: -undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities authorised in accorda…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Purposes of processing

Article R142-43

In application of article L. 313-5, the mayor of the municipality of the place of accommodation or, in Paris, Lyon and Marseille, the arrondissement mayor may, as a State agent, implement automated pr…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Information on prices and conditions of sale

Article R112-2

This application shall be submitted on a form defined by the order mentioned in article R. 112-1. It sets out the factual situation in accordance with 1° du II de l'article 9 de la loi n° 2014-1545 du…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Transfer of powers.

Article L5215-23

Urban communities existing on the date of publication of the loi n° 99-586 du 12 juillet 1999 relative au renforcement et à la simplification de la coopération intercommunale ayant élargi ou non leurs…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 15: Sweeping tax

Article D2333-139

For the application of article L. 2333-97 du code général des collectivités territoriales, la direction générale des finances publiques transmitte à la commune, ou, le cas échéant, à l'établissement p…

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

Article 231-28

Cinema operators may submit an application for a first classification in year n+1 in the following cases:1° Opening of the cinema between 1st January and 31st December of year n-1;2° Refusal to classi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article R1612-31

…implementation of the budget equal to or greater than 5% of revenue in the operating section in the case of a group of municipalities with a total of 20,000 inhabitants or more, and 10% in the case of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Information to be provided to the public

Article R385-21

…the business of insurance and reinsurance (Solvency II) in the version in force on the date of publication of Decree 2017-1171 of 18 July 2017 laying down the rules applicable to supplementary occupat…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 18: Maximum limits for pesticide residues in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin

Article R412-34

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 the provisions of Articles 2 to 5 and 18 to 20 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 200…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services

Article R532-28

I. - Any portfolio management company whose registered office is located in mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte or Saint-Martin, wishes for the first time to ma…

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