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Showing 771780 of 59417 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 8-1-1997 n° 9

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee and procedures for electing and appointing its members

Article R1432-83-1

Within seven days of the proclamation of the results, the list of the names of the members of the committee is brought to the attention of the agency's staff by any means at all the sites assigned to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts.

Article D232-8-1

I. - The threshold provided for in I of article L. 232-6 is set at 750 million euros. II. - The threshold provided for in I of Article L. 232-6-1 is the net turnover set at 12 million euros. III. - Fo…

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Article Annexe 8-1

…ey belong to separate regional companies, from the presidents of their respective companies.Article 9Professional secrecy and discretion.Auditors shall respect the professional secrecy to which they a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Provisions applicable to persons convicted of acts of terrorism

Article D49-81-1

The members of the committee referred to in article 720-5 are appointed for a term of five years. If the importance of the cases to be dealt with by the Commission so warrants, the First President of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Resources of the deposit guarantee and resolution fund

Article L312-8-1

…ted Regulation (EU) 2015/63 of 21 October 2014 and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/81 of 19 December 2014.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Financial provisions

Article L5216-8-1

…gglomeration community is equal, each year, to the amount of the loss of revenue multiplied from 2009 by a reduction rate. For 2009, this reduction rate corresponds to the difference between the total…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Contractual obligations

Article L315-8-1

The issuer shall ensure that all transactions required to manage the currency defined in Article L. 315-1 of this Code comply with the accessibility requirements set out in Article L. 412-13 of the Fr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Export transactions

Article R442-8-13

Within the meaning of the first paragraph of Article L. 432-1, the use of an entity governed by local law is deemed to be necessary where it is required by the legislation of the country of destinatio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Registration in the file

Article R53-8-8

The file manager checks the validity of the information recorded and, as appropriate, refuses or deletes records that do not comply with legal requirements.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article D214-80-10

The amount of the fees and commissions mentioned in the second paragraph of VII of article 885-0 V bis of the General Tax Code charged in respect of the same payment mentioned in 1 to 3 of I or 1 of I…

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