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Showing 11911200 of 43523 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 18 April 1967 · Cass. civ. 25 March 1992 · Cass. com. 4 January 1994 · Cass. 3e civ. 9 December 2009 · Cass. 3e civ. 15 June 2011

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Livret A passbook accounts

Article R742-15

…n of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 221-12008-1263 of 4 December 2008R. 221-2 with the exception of the last paragraph and R. 221-2-1No. 2020-93 of 5 Febr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Letters rogatory

Article 151

The examining magistrate may request by letter rogatory any judge of his court, any examining magistrate or any officer of the judicial police, who shall in this case notify the public prosecutor, to…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Direct allowances to supplement the new horizontal aid to compensate for reduced activity

Article 919-92

…onal direct allowance may not exceed the actual loss of turnover recorded over the period between 1 January and 30 September 2021 compared with the average turnover achieved between 1 January and 30 S…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Profits.

Article R232-18

The period of nine months from the end of the financial year, provided for in Article L. 232-13, may be extended by order of the president of the commercial court ruling on a petition, at the request…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer of ownership

Article L211-18

…e date and in accordance with the conditions defined in the General Regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers or, failing this, by an agreement between the parties, automatically discharges t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Funds repayable from the public.

Article R312-18

…1, with the exception of :a) Last-ranking subordinated securities issued pursuant to article L. 228-97 of the Commercial Code ;b) participating securities referred to in articles L. 213-32 to L. 213-3…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions of detention

Article R744-18

For the duration of their stay in administrative detention, foreign nationals are provided with free accommodation and food.They are given free medical care. If they so request, they are examined by a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-25

I. - The financial indices referred to in Article R. 214-32-22 satisfy the following conditions:1° Their composition is sufficiently diversified, in the sense that the following criteria are met:a) Th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents.

Article R123-154

For proceedings opened on or after 1 January 2006, the following may not be disclosed: 1° Judgments handed down in safeguard proceedings in the event of closure of the proceedings pursuant to article

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Attachment

Article R222-18

…ubject to the conditions set out in Articles…

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