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Showing 491500 of 61852 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 4 December 2013 · Cass. com. 15 November 2005 · Cass. com. 2 April 1974 · Cass. com. 13 May 1980

French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Board of Directors.

Article R411-15

…ch relate in particular to the following matters: 1° The annual programme and report of activities; 2° The estimates of revenue and expenditure and amending decisions; 3° The agency's social action ac…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Joint ownership of acquests.

Article 1578

…perty regime, if the parties do not agree to proceed with the liquidation by agreement, one of them may apply to the court for it to be proceeded with judicially. The rules prescribed for arriving at…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Electronic money issuers

Article D773-15

…right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 525-1no. 2020-119 of 12 February 2020D. 525-2No. 2013-372 of 2 May 2013

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Electronic money issuers

Article D774-15

…right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 525-1no. 2020-119 of 12 February 2020D. 525-2No. 2013-372 of 2 May 2013

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions.

Article 1375

The court rules on the points of disagreement. It homologates the liquidation statement or refers the parties to the notary to draw up the deed recording the division. In the event of homologation, it…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-15

…consolidated basis, continuously monitors compliance with the conditions set out in Article L. 517-13 or, where applicable, Article L. 517-14. Financial holding companies, parent undertakings of fina…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales.

Article R123-157

…commerciales contains for companies and economic interest groupings:1° The registration references;2° The company name or name followed, where applicable, by the acronym;3° The amount of capital and,…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Support for project development

Article 422-20

In the case of production, project development aid may not have the effect of bringing the total amount of public financial aid: 1° For feature-length cinematographic works and audiovisual works, to m…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: The European Small Claims Procedure.

Article 1387

In the event of the return to the court registry of a letter of notification for which the acknowledgement of receipt has not been signed under the conditions provided for in Article 670, notification…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Control of budgetary acts (R).

Article R1612-15

In the event that an exceptional grant is awarded to a commune, pursuant to article L. 2335-2, the prefect shall inform the chambre régionale des comptes (regional audit chamber) via the public prosec…

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