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Showing 41314140 of 22671 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 28-11-2012 n° 11-14.671

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Duties, conditions of access and exercise and incompatibilities.

Article L812-5-1-A

The court-appointed agent may practise his profession within the framework of a société pluri-professionnelle d'exercice, provided for in Title IV bis of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-34

The sentence enforcement judge may, without proceeding with the adversarial debate provided for in Article 712-6, declare by reasoned order that a request for sentence adjustment is inadmissible pursu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Banking Inclusion Observatory, funds repayable from the public and dormant accounts

Article R752-4

…312-9 and R. 312-10no. 2020-1565 of 10 December 2020R. 312-11No. 2014-737 of 30 June 2014R. 312-12n° 2020-1565 of 10 December 2020R. 312-13 to R. 312-17n° 2014-737 of 30 June 2014R. 312-18, with the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out.

Article L228-35-2

Non-voting preferred shares may also be created under the conditions set out in articles L. 228-35-3 to L. 228-35-11, subject to the provisions of articles L. 225-122 to L. 225-126.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Life mortgage

Article L341-57

If the lender grants a life mortgage without making a prior offer to the borrower in accordance with article L. 315-9 or under conditions that do not comply with articles L. 315-10 and L. 315-11, is p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules governing the operations of sociétés de crédit foncier (building societies)

Article L513-12

The total amount of the assets of sociétés de crédit foncier must be greater than the amount of the liabilities benefiting from the privilege referred to in article L. 513-11. The Minister responsible…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VII: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE WHEN THE CONSIDERATION OF AN ASYLUM APPLICATION IS UNDER THE COMPETENCE OF ANOTHER STATE

Article R573-1

Without prejudice to the second paragraph of Article 11-1 of Decree no. 2004-374 of 29 April 2004, the authority competent to renew the asylum application certificate pursuant to Article L. 571-1, is…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the recognition and monitoring in France of convictions and probation decisions handed down by the competent authorities of other Member States of the European Union

Article 764-29

The decision of the sentence enforcement judge relating to the recognition of the conviction or the probation decision may be appealed in accordance with the procedures set out in 1° of Article 712-11…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-30-13

The administrative authority responsible for implementing the data processing service may not keep the information and documents contained in the file beyond a period of two months, starting from the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Registers of gametes, germinal tissue or embryos

Article R2142-35

Practitioners meeting the criteria mentioned in article R. 2142-11 for the conservation of gametes, germinal tissue or embryos are responsible for keeping the registers mentioned in articles R. 2142-3…

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