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Showing 96219630 of 27264 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 22-7-1992 n° 1258

French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Right of communication by the financial authorities.

Article 64 A

1. Under no circumstances may State administrations, départements and communes, as well as companies granted concessions by the State, départements and communes, or any establishments or bodies whatso…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Organisation and operation of the deposit guarantee and resolution fund

Article L312-9

The Deposit Guarantee and Resolution Fund is a legal entity governed by private law. It is managed by an Executive Board acting under the supervision of a Supervisory Board. Members of the Management…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4a: Temporary open-ended employment contract

Article L1251-58-2

The employment contract referred to in Article L. 1251-58-1 is governed by the provisions of the French Labour Code relating to open-ended contracts, subject to the provisions of this section. It may…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Contracts awarded without advertising or competitive tendering on account of their value or subject-matter

Article R2122-2

The purchaser may award a contract without prior advertising or competitive tendering where, in the cases defined below, either no applications or no tenders have been submitted within the prescribed…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Advertising

Article R313-1

The additional information mentioned in article L. 313-4 are as follows: 1° The borrowing rate and whether it is fixed, variable or revisable, or a combination of the two, as well as information about…

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

Article L946-12

In Article L. 621-84, the obligation on the court to take account of the provisions contained in 1°, 2°, 3° and 4° of Article L. 331-7 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code means the following requir…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Public prosecutor's delegates and mediators

Article R15-33-32

The application submitted by an association shall include in particular: 1° A copy of the Journal officiel publishing the declaration of the association or, as regards the departments of Bas-Rhin, Hau…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 6: Accounting and financial organisation of the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service (R)

Article R1424-30

Revenue for the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service is made up in particular of:1° Annual contributions from the department, communes and public establishments for inter-communal coope…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Articles of association, share capital, shares.

Article R4381-33

Without prejudice to the provisions of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies or other articles of this section, which must be included in the company's arti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Registration of homeopathic medicines.

Article R5141-64

The application for registration must be accompanied by a dossier containing : 1° The scientific name, or other name appearing in a pharmacopoeia, of the homeopathic stock or stocks, mentioning the va…

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