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Showing 79217930 of 27977 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 17-7-1997 n° 96-10.261

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial services of the Office des postes et télécommunications

Article R733-13

Articles R. 733-6, R. 733-7, R. 733-9 to R. 733-11, R. 733-17 and R. 774-39 are applicable to the financial services of the Office des postes et télécommunications de Polynésie française.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial services of the Office des postes et télécommunications

Article R732-13

Articles R. 732-6, R. 732-7, R. 732-9 to R. 732-11, R. 732-17 and R. 773-39 are applicable to the financial services of the Office des postes et télécommunications de Nouvelle-Calédonie.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Shareholdings in companies

Article L2573-37

…1521-1 and L. 1522-1" are added the words: "as well as by article L. 1862-2 and by article 2 of law n° 46-860 of 30 April 1946 tending to the establishment, financing and execution of equipment and de…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Social debt repayment contributions paid to the social debt repayment fund (Caisse d'amortissement de la dette sociale)

Article 1600-0 J

The rate of the contributions for the repayment of the social debt mentioned in articles 1600-0 G to 1600-0 I is set by the article 19 of order no. 96-50 of 24 January 1996 relating to the reimburseme…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deeds relating to ownership and transfer of ownership

Article A444-87

Licitations (numbers 48 to 50 in table 5) give rise to the collection of:1° In the case of a licitation by mutual agreement:a) If indivision ceases, an emolument proportional to all the assets licence…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General powers

Article R3551-6-1

…rofessional firefighters belonging to the employment frameworks provided for in article 64-1 of law n° 2001-616 of 11 July 2001 relating to Mayotte and volunteer firefighters who, subject to specific…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title III: ASSIGNMENT OF RESIDENCE

Article L730-2

In accordance with article L. 264-1, the provisions of 6°, 7° and 8° and the last paragraph of article L. 731-1, article L. 731-2, 6°, 7° and 8° of article L. 731-3, articles L. 731-4, L. 731-5, L. 73…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Tasks

Article D6323-20-4

The regional inter-professional joint committee is responsible for: 1° Examining, authorising and paying for the professional transition projects provided for in article L. 6323-17-2 and the professio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Seller's lien.

Article L141-18

If the sale or transfer of a business includes branches or establishments located on French territory, the publication prescribed in articles L. 141-7 to L. 141-17 must also be made in a medium author…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-9-6

At least once a year, insurance undertakings send electronically to the group mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 161-17-1 of the Social Security Code the information required to implement…

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