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Showing 41114120 of 31518 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 10-6-1971 n° 70-12.678

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Investor guarantees

Article L322-6

Subject to the provisions of Articles L. 322-7 to L. 322-10, the Deposit Guarantee and Resolution Fund manages the investor guarantee mechanism instituted by Article L. 322-5. Articles L. 312-5, L. 31…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Deeds and transfers subject to the registration formality

Article 641 bis

…or published deed, provided that the notarised certificates mentioned in 3° of article 28 of decree n° 55-22 of 4 January 1955 reforming land registration, relating to such property, are published wit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L641-6

No spouse or partner bound by a civil solidarity pact, no relative or ally up to and including the fourth degree, of the debtor who is a natural person or of the directors, in the case of a legal enti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-65

Transfers of successive rights (numbers 11 and 12 of table 5) give rise to the collection of a proportional fee:1° According to the following scale, in the case of the transfer of successive rights en…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Investigation, authorisation, refusal, renewal

Article R5121-69-2

I.-For the medicinal products mentioned in Article L. 5121-12, the early access authorisation: 1° Is granted for a maximum period determined by decree, renewable by the High Authority for Health; 2° C…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 696-53

Any decision to place a person under judicial supervision taken pursuant to this chapter for the purposes of recognition and supervision in the territory of the Republic or in that of another Member S…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1431-6

…nmental cooperation establishments of an administrative nature are subject to the provisions of loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 portant dispositions statutaires relatives à la fonction publique territ…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter IVa: Consultation of automated data processing for the purposes of customs controls

Article 67 quinquies

In order to investigate and establish offences under this Code relating to tobacco, customs officials in categories A and B have access to information contained in the processing operations provided f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: The Departmental Advisory Committee (R)

Article R1425-6

…r inter-municipal cooperation shall take place at the same time as those provided for by the décret n° 96-1005 du 22 novembre 1996 relatif à l'installation des premiers conseils d'administration des s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L238-6

If the special meeting of preference shareholders is not consulted under the conditions provided for in articles L. 228-35-6, L. 228-35-7 and L. 228-35-10, the president of the court ruling in summary…

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