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Showing 49014910 of 62366 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 1-3-1995 n° 147

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-39

Subject to the provisions of Article L. 612-40, if any of the persons referred to in I of Article L. 612-2, with the exception of those referred to in 4a, 5° and 11° of A and 4° of B, has breached a E…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article R626-32

For the application of article L. 626-16, the competent meetings are convened in the forms and within the time limits provided for in articles R. 626-1 to R. 626-3.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent and temporary sports stadiums

Article A312-3

In the case of permanent or temporary sports arenas to be built, the application for approval is submitted as follows:a) When the application for planning permission for the structure which is the sub…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-35

The provisions of Articles 1 to 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 37/2005 of 12 January 2005 on the monitoring of temperatures in the means of transport, warehousing and storage of quick-frozen foods…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Tasks of approved professional associations

Article R519-36

The association verifies that the staff of its members subject to the requirement of good repute referred to in articles L. 500-1, L. 519-3-3 and R. 519-6 meet this requirement. To this end, any perso…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Operation of Disciplinary Boards and Chambers

Article D4125-33

The Chairman and the members of the Executive Committee of a Council of the Ordre may receive an allowance, the amount of which is determined on the basis of the duties and workload of each member and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article D5217-34

The administrative account, on which the Metropolitan Council is called to deliberate in accordance with article L. 5217-10-10, presents by separate column and in the order of the chapters and article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L621-30

Appeals against individual decisions of the Autorité des marchés financiers, other than those relating to the persons and entities referred to in II of Article L. 621-9, including the penalties impose…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.

Article R321-33

I.-The advertisement provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 321-11 shall specify at least the date and place of the planned sale, the name of the voluntary sales operator and the date of it…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial instruments

Article R742-3

Articles R. 212-1 to R. 212-3 are applicable in New Caledonia, in the version resulting from decree no. 2007-431 of 25 March 2007.

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