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Showing 57315740 of 25098 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 17-10-1968 n° 66-13.711

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Defence of investors

Article L763-11

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicated in the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Defence of investors

Article L762-11

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicated in the rig…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article R236-28

…t is set in accordance with the terms set out in articles 1843-4 of the Civil Code and 17 du décret n° 78-704 du 3 juillet 1978 relatif à l'application de la loi n° 78-9 du 4 janvier 1978 modifiant le…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VII: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE FRENCH AUSTRALIAN AND ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES

Article L157-1

…all apply in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories in the wording resulting from ordonnance n°2020-1733 du 16 décembre 2020, unless otherwise stated or mentioned as applying ipso jure in the t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-57

It may be stipulated in the articles of any public limited company that it is governed by the provisions of this sub-section. In this case, the company remains subject to all the rules applicable to s…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Support for collective operations

Article 634-5

The amount of aid for operations of a collective nature may not exceed 75% of the expenditure mentioned in Article 634-3 and respects, where applicable, the intensity rate provided for in Article 3 of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rejection of the application

Article R612-50

In the event of partial non-compliance of the description or drawings with the provisions of articles L. 611-17, L. 611-18, L. 611-19 (4°) or L. 612-1, notification shall be given to the applicant. Th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: The borough mayor

Article L2511-28

The arrondissement may delegate under the conditions provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 2122-18 et l'article L. 2122-20.In the cases provided for in Article L. 2122-17, the borough mayo…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to the measures imposed and their contestation

Article R733-18

In the event that a debt corresponding to the amount of an unpaid cheque is written off as regularisation of the payment incident pursuant to the provisions of article L. 733-17, the account-holding i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4 : Participation of medical transport companies in the on-call service for urgent medical transport

Article R6312-23-2

The organisation of on-call duty and urgent medical transport as defined in articles R. 6312-17-1 and R. 6312-18 is monitored every six months by the medical transport sub-committee of the committee r…

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