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Showing 321330 of 58927 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 1-6-2010 n° 09-65.482

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-61-1

The articles of association of a société de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable (open-ended real estate investment company) or the regulations of the fonds de placement immobilier…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of performance

Article 695-22-1

Where the European arrest warrant is issued for the purpose of executing a custodial sentence or detention order, its execution may be refused where the person concerned did not appear in person at th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial reporting requirements

Article L451-1-6

The Legal and Administrative Information Directorate is responsible for the centralised storage of regulated information, as provided for in Article 21 of Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliam…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article L4433-10-6

The regional development plan may be made compatible under the hypotheses and conditions defined by article L. 300-6-1 of the town planning code, subject to the following provisions. The provisions pr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The town council.

Article R2573-6-1

For the application of the last paragraph of article L. 2121-17 in its locally applicable wording, the municipal council shall designate by deliberation the rooms equipped with the teleconferencing sy…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Sustainable development plan

Article R4424-6-1

The Corsican sustainable planning and development plan is subject to an environmental assessment under the conditions defined by chapter IV of the preliminary title of book I of the town planning code…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct

Article L519-6-1

By way of derogation from article L. 519-6 and as part of the provision of an independent advisory service within the meaning of article L. 519-1-1, intermediaries in banking and payment services may…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares

Article L22-10-60

…year, the first allocation authorised by a General Meeting after the date of publication of the loi n° 2008-1258 du 3 décembre 2008 en faveur des revenus du travail ne peut intervenir que si les socié…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-6-1

I. The acts provided for in 1° and 2° of Article L. 122-6 are not subject to authorisation by the author where they are necessary to enable the software to be used, in accordance with its intended pur…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Access to credit and aggravated risks

Article L313-6-1

Access to credit is guaranteed under the conditions set out in Articles L. 1141-1 to L. 1141-3, L. 1141-5 and L. 1141-6 of the Public Health Code.

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