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Showing 40914100 of 23246 articles for Art. Cass. 2ème civ. 22-11-2012 n° 11-26.109

French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section.

Article R5433-4

Repeated offences under this chapter are punishable in accordance witharticle 132-11 of the French Penal Code.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VII: Special provisions applicable to privatisation operations

Article 248 G

…cle 1 of the same law, as well as the government loan securities mentioned in l'article 9 de la loi n° 93-859 du 22 juin 1993.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: The Departmental Advisory Committee (R)

Article R1425-6

…r inter-municipal cooperation shall take place at the same time as those provided for by the décret n° 96-1005 du 22 novembre 1996 relatif à l'installation des premiers conseils d'administration des s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L785-9

I.-Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the ri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Guarantee for sureties.

Article D313-26

…R. 261-24 du code de la construction et de l'habitation et des articles 6 et 15 de la loi n° 84-595 du 12 juillet 1984 définissant la location-accession à la propriété immobilière ; 6° Artic…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VII: Provisions specific to the Cour de cassation.

Article 1016

In accordance with articles 11-1 and 11-2 of Law no. 72-626 of 5 July 1972 as amended, the proceedings shall be public. The Court may, however, decide that the hearings shall take place or continue in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-16

Where the sentenced person has not made an application in the form prescribed by Article D. 49-11, the sentence enforcement judge may, in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of Artic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Penalties for irregularities.

Article L1235-17

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the terms and conditions for the application of Articles L. 1235-11 to L. 1235-14.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Responsibilities

Article R112-5

The Board of Directors may delegate to the Chairman some of the powers provided for in 6°, 9°, 10° and 11° of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of commercial court judges

Article R723-5

The elections provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 723-11 take place in the first half of October.

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