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Showing 56915700 of 28866 articles for Art. Cass. 1e civ. avis 20-10-2022 n° 22-70.011

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Bodies of the commune

Article L2573-6

I.-The provisions of Chapter II of Title II of Book I of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the right-hand column…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L754-2

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-15

The creation of these shares gives rise to the application of articles L. 225-8, L. 225-10, L. 225-14, L. 225-147, L. 22-10-53 and L. 22-10-54 relating to special advantages when shares are issued to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to municipalities resulting from a merger with 100,000 inhabitants or less

Article R2113-23

…so applicable to the associated communes mentioned in article L. 2113-26 as it read prior to la loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010 de réforme des collectivités territoriales, when the municipal coun…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Turnover taxes and similar miscellaneous taxes

Article 1609 quatertricies

Social levies on gaming and betting are assessed, declared, liquidated, collected and controlled in accordance with the provisions of the articles L. 137-20, L. 137-21, L. 137-22, L. 137-23, L. 137-25…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-30

The test is marked from 0 to 20. The certificate of achievement mentioned in article

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking service providers

Article R774-4

…hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 513-1-An° 2022-766 of 2 May 2022R. 513-1n° 2021-898 of 6 July 2021R. 513-2no. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking services providers

Article R773-4

…hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 513-1-An° 2022-766 of 2 May 2022R. 513-1n° 2021-898 of 6 July 2021R. 513-2no. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking services providers

Article R775-3

…hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 513-1-An° 2022-766 of 2 May 2022R. 513-1n° 2021-898 of 6 July 2021R. 513-2no. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L652-2

…THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 623-1 to L. 623-9 and L. 623-11 to L. 623-32 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016 L. 623-10 Resulting from the loi n° 2016-1547 du 18 novembre 2016

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