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Showing 16111620 of 57821 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 3-2-2010 n° 08-21.333

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER Ia: Provisions governing the public company referred to in Article L. 1611-3-2 known as Agence France Locale

Article D1871-3

I.-The provisions of Section 7 of Chapter I of Title I of Book VI of Part One mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the righ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific rules relating to third-country investment firms

Article D532-37

I. - On receipt of an application for authorisation as referred to in Article L. 532-49, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall check that it is complete and, if so, shall proceed…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific rules relating to third-country investment firms

Article D532-36

The application for authorisation referred to in Article L. 532-49 shall include : 1° The name of the authority responsible for supervising the third-country undertaking in its home country. If severa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific rules relating to third-country investment firms

Article D532-39

I. - Where, pursuant to paragraph 3 of Article 47 of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of 15 May 2014, a branch authorised in France of a third-country firm benefiting from an equivalence decision provided…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific rules relating to third-country investment firms

Article D532-38

The provisions of article R. 532-2 apply to branches of third-country undertakings authorised in France.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: National Council.

Article R4321-37

The Conseil national de l'ordre des masseurs-kinésithérapeutes is made up of thirty-eight members, thirty of whom are self-employed and eight of whom are salaried employees: 1° For the self-employed c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to the "paediatric critical care" modality

Article D6124-32

I. - The hospitalisation sector of the paediatric critical care unit includes a minimum number of beds determined as follows: 1° At least eight beds for the paediatric critical care unit referred to i…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation

Article R823-3

…ually incurred by them in connection with Board meetings under the conditions set out in the décret n° 2006-781 du 3 juillet 2006 fixant les conditions et les modalités de règlement des frais occasion…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 32

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Formation of the contract

Article L224-30

I.-Where Internet access services or publicly available interpersonal communications services are billed according to the duration or volume of consumption, their providers shall make available to the…

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