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Showing 43714380 of 31856 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 14 June 2000 · Cass. com. 18 January 2011 · Cass. com. 22 March 2017 · CA Versailles 21 December 2001 · Cass. com. 11 July 2000

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Membership and operation of professional associations of banking and payment services intermediaries

Article L519-14

I.-An association referred to in I of Article L. 519-11 may terminate the membership of one of its members at its request. Membership may also be withdrawn automatically by the association if the bank…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-14

The limited company called "Laboratoire Français du fractionnement et des biotechnologies" carries out research, production and marketing activities for medicinal products for human use, in particular…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Technical and financial profit-sharing

Article A132-14

…f the following two elements :1. The product of the average amount over the financial year of technical reserves gross of reinsurance cessions, corresponding to items 3b, 3c, 3e and 3h of the balance…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation by merger.

Article R229-14

…ion of the société européenne for one of the reasons mentioned in the sixth paragraph of article L. 229-3 may be requested in court by any interested party.The court decision ordering the dissolution…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-14

…on must be made within two months of the installation or removal of an advertising medium after 1st January.If the operator fails to submit a declaration, the municipality, inter-municipal public body…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1321-11

…er consulting an approved public health hydrogeologist under the conditions set out in article R. 1321-14, to request a review of the initial authorisation. If no decision is taken within this period,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article R236-14

…securities at the request of the bondholders provided for in the first paragraph of Articles L. 236-14 and L. 236-23 is brought to the attention of the bondholders in accordance with the procedures se…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-14

…embers. If the company has not made its decision known within three months of the last of the notifications provided for in this paragraph, consent to the transfer is deemed to have been given. If the…

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

Article 145-2

…on may not be held in custody for more than one year. However, subject to the provisions of article 145-3, the liberty and custody judge may, on expiry of this period, extend the detention for a perio…

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

Article 148-2

Any court called upon to rule, pursuant to articles 141-1 and 148-1, on an application to lift all or part of the judicial supervision order or on an application for release, shall make its decision a…

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