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Showing 301310 of 31106 articles for Art. Cass. 2e civ. 23-6-2016 n° 15-21.408

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Disclosure of accounts.

Article R232-23

I. - The report referred to in Articles L. 232-6, L. 232-6-1, L. 233-28-1 and L. 233-28-2, translated into French if necessary and certified as true, shall be filed with the commercial court registry,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-23

The following is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros: 1° Without having obtained the favourable opinion of a personal protection committee and, in the case of clinical inv…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Local mining tax

Article 1519

I. - A royalty is levied, for the benefit of the communes, on each net tonne of the conceded product extracted by mine concessionaires, amodiataires and sous-amodiataires of mining concessions, by hol…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation and mission

Article L561-23

I - A national financial intelligence unit shall exercise the powers provided for in this chapter. It shall be made up of agents specially authorised by the Minister for the Economy. The conditions of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Wanted persons file

Article 230-19

The following are entered in the wanted persons file in respect of judicial decisions: 1° Search warrants, orders and notes issued by the public prosecutor, investigating, trial or sentence enforcemen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Consultation with elected representatives

Article L1434-15

To ensure that the actions of local authorities and regional health agencies are properly coordinated, elected representatives in each département are consulted at least once a year by the director ge…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Budgetary and accounting organisation

Article R1222-15

The establishment's funds may be deposited in a banking institution, with the authorisation of the Minister responsible for the budget.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R917-23

In Article R. 713-15, the words: "of the Minister responsible for overseeing the chambers of commerce and industry" are replaced by the words: "of the Prefect of the territorial collectivity of Saint-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Agents

Article L773-23

The articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the word…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Agents

Article L774-23

The articles listed in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording r…

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