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Showing 10511060 of 44823 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. QPC 17 October 2019 · Cass. 3e civ. 10 May 2005 · Cass. com. 25 September 2012 · Cass. 3e civ. 9 July 2014 · Cass. 3e civ. 29 November 2000

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article L533-25

…° ; 3° All persons responsible for the procedures, systems and policies mentioned in article L. 533-29, whose duties are specified by the order issued in application of the same article, and who are l…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Specific provisions governing the exceeding of exposure limit values relating to sensory effects

Article R4453-25

…exceeded will benefit from an information and prevention visit as provided for in articles R. 4624-10 to R. 4624-21 carried out before being assigned to the workstation in order, in particular, to re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-29

I. - A general purpose investment fund may not invest more than : 1° 5% of its assets in eligible financial securities or money market instruments issued by the same issuer ; 2° 20% of its assets in e…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article 706-25-8

…then informed of the measures and obligations to which he or she is subject pursuant to article 706-25-7 and of the penalties incurred in the event of failure to comply with these obligations. Where t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
10 : Social security

Article 1083

Documents relating to the application of social security legislation are exempt from registration duties provided that they expressly refer to it.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
10 : Social security

Article 1085

…e are exempt from any collection of tax duties and do not give rise to the application of Article 879. The same applies to transfers of the assets of their social and economic committees following the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
10 : Social security

Article 1084

All deeds relating to the acquisition of real estate and loans that social security bodies are authorised to make are exempt from registration duty and land registration tax.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 3: Filings attached to the National Register of Companies

Article R123-251

…pplicable, the documents attesting to completion of the formalities provided for in Articles L. 526-9 and L. 526-11 and, within six months of the close of the financial year, the accounting documents…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 175

…erved either orally, with the file endorsed, or by registered letter. If the person is detained, it may also be served by the head of the prison, who will immediately send the original or a copy of th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules specific to farm leases.

Article 1771

The farmer cannot obtain a remission where the loss of the fruit occurs after it has been separated from the land, unless the lease gives the owner a share of the harvest in kind, in which case the ow…

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