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Showing 54215430 of 60719 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 1-4-2009 n° 07-21.833

French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.

Article L612-4

Any association having received annually from the administrative authorities, within the meaning of l'article 1er de la loi du 12 avril 2000, ou des établissements publics à caractère industriel et co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Urban Community

Article L5215-42

The urban community may be dissolved at the request of the municipal councils of the communes that it brings together, deciding by a vote of at least two thirds of the municipal councils of the commun…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: The guarantee fund for policyholders against the failure of life and health insurance companies.

Article L423-4

The guarantee fund is a legal entity under private law. It is managed by a Management Board acting under the supervision of a Supervisory Board. The members of the Management Board and the Supervisory…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Agents

Article L523-4

I. - When a payment service provider, other than a credit institution, with its registered office in mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion Island, Mayotte or Saint-Martin, wi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

Article LO6461-4

I. - In matters referred to in II of Article LO 6414-1, the Territorial Council may impose fines for breaches of the rules it lays down that do not exceed the maximum laid down in the Penal Code for o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-46-5

I. - Where the supervisory board is the competent authority to supervise the entity party to the agreement considering granting its support, it may authorise, prohibit or restrict the scope of a suppo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Hospital cooperatives of doctors

Article L6163-4

Only the following may be members of a société coopérative hospitalière de médecins: 1° As co-operating members : - self-employed doctors, natural persons, duly registered on the roll of the council o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to the procedure for immediate collection by enforcement officers

Article A37-27-4

When the official report concerns a lump-sum fine and was drawn up using the secure electronic device, sheet no. 4 is not used and can be destroyed. In all other cases, slips no. 2, 3, 4 and 5, used t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article L111-4

The manufacturer or importer of movable goods shall inform the professional seller of the availability or non-availability of spare parts essential for the use of the goods concerned and, where applic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The Examining Magistrate's Chamber: second instance examining magistrate's court

Article D43-4

On pain of inadmissibility, the request by the person under investigation for the whole of the proceedings to be examined by the investigating chamber pursuant to the provisions of Article 221-3 shall…

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