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Showing 911920 of 40090 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 9-4-2014 n° 13-10.725

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Information for parties and third parties

Article A444-13

The services listed under numbers 5 to 40 of table 3-1 give rise to the collection of the following fees:Number of the service (table 3-1) of article appendix 4-7) Designation of service Fee 5 Notice…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L526-13

With the exception of transactions carried out within a group, within the meaning ofArticle L. 233-3 of the Commercial Code, any acquisition, extension or disposal of a direct or indirect holding, wit…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: National Sports Agency

Article L112-13

The French Anti-Corruption Agency controls, on its own initiative under the conditions provided for in the first sentence of the first paragraph and the last paragraph of 3° of Article 3 of Law 2016-1…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-13

For the application of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, adopted in New York on 20 December 2006, may be prosecuted and tried under the condit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Promotion and remuneration

Article R6152-912-1

Associate practitioners working in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon receive a special monthly allowance, not subject to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Promotion and remuneration

Article R6152-912-2

When they move to Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin or Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, and when they return to metropolitan France after this assignment, th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Mediation.

Article 131-5

The natural person who carries out the mediation measure must satisfy the following conditions:

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VI: Removal of mortgages by third-party purchasers.

Article 1281-13

The third-party purchaser shall arrange for the notification provided for in Article 2464 of the Civil Code by bailiff's deed, at the addresses elected by the creditors in their registrations. He shal…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-13

Any association that has been duly registered for at least five years on the date of the events and whose statutory purpose is the defence and protection of animals may exercise the rights granted to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-13

Shares are freely transferable by inheritance or in the event of the liquidation of community property between spouses and freely transferable between spouses and between ascendants and descendants. H…

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