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Showing 60116020 of 25965 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 24-10-2019 n° 18-20.838

French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

Article R910-1

The following provisions shall not apply in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon:1° Articles R. 123-209 to R. 123-219, D. 145-12 to D. 145-19, D. 146-1 and D. 146-2;2° Articles R. 229-1 to R. 229-26 and R. 252-1…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article L917-2

…s private-law staff and public-law staff, including those subject to the status provided for by loi n° 52-1311 du 10 décembre 1952 relative à l'établissement obligatoire d'un statut du personnel admin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-19-1

…organisations or foreign States, under the conditions laid down by the articles 112 à 114 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L351-7

…ame table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR REACTION L. 314-1 to L. 314-4 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-351 du 25 mars 2016 L. 314-5 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016 L. 31…

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

Article L5214-23

The revenues of the budget of the communauté de communes include:1° The tax resources mentioned in II or, where applicable, I of Article 1379-0 bis of the General Tax Code, as well as those mentioned…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART FOUR

Article Annexe 41-2

AID GRANTED TO STUDENTS AND PUPILS IN THE FORM OF STUDY GRANTS MENTIONED IN THE LAST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE D. 4383-1 1. Minimum rates for study grants SCHOLARSHIP LEVELS MINIMUM ANNUAL RATES (in euros)…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-7-1

Lawyers and the persons mentioned in 18° of Article L. 561-2 may provide each other with information gathered for the purposes of implementing Articles L. 561-5, L. 561-5-1, L. 561-6, and L. 561-9 to…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-19

In municipalities classified as winter sports and mountaineering resorts and having a land use plan that was enforceable on 10 January 1985 or a local town planning plan, the provisions of article L.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Equalisation of tax resources

Article R3335-2

…rticle 261 of Finance Act No. 2018-1317 of 28 December 2018 for 2019 as they stood prior to the loi n° 2019-1479 du 28 décembre 2019 de finances pour 2020; 4° The income taken into account under V to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases

Article R3821-7

For the application of article R. 3115-10 to Wallis and Futuna, the words: ", and in particular the results of the analyses provided for in article R. 1321-23 and the monitoring documents for the wate…

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