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Showing 17311740 of 56490 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 29-1-2002

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-17

The period provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 233-29 is one year from the date of the disclosure made pursuant to I of Article L. 233-7.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R814-113

the Commission nationale d'inscription et de discipline may request from an auditor referred to in Article R. 814-29 an opinion on the value of contributions in kind.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article R228-32-1

I.-The content of the information referred to in Article L. 228-29-7-1, in II and III of Article L. 228-29-7-2 and in Article L. 22-10-43-1, and the procedures for transmitting that information are sp…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Examination of a person's genetic characteristics and identification of a person by genetic fingerprints

Article 16-12

Only the following are authorised to carry out DNA identifications: 1° The technical and forensic police services or organisations referred to in article 157-2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure; 2° Pe…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: French nationals by birth in France

Article 19-1

Is French: 1° A child born in France of stateless parents; 2° A child born in France of foreign parents for whom the foreign laws of nationality do not in any way allow him to be transmitted the natio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Relations between credit institutions and their customers

Article L312-1-1

I. - Credit institutions are required to make available to their customers and to the public, on paper or on another durable medium, the general terms and conditions and charges applicable to transact…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 147-1

In all matters and at all stages of the proceedings, except where there is a serious risk that the offence will be repeated, the release of a person remanded in custody may be ordered, ex officio or a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

Article 1792-1

The following are deemed to be builders of the work: 1° Any architect, contractor, technician or other person bound to the owner of the work by a contract for the hire of work; 2° Any person who sells…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1072-1

When it rules on the exercise of parental authority or when a case is referred to it for homologation under the procedure provided for by article 1143 or by articles 1565 et seq, the family court judg…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Provisions common to property liable to direct local taxes

Article 1518 A

Two-thirds of the rental values used to establish local taxes are taken into account for airports and for facilities designed to combat water and atmospheric pollution that are subject to exceptional…

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