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Showing 50615070 of 23043 articles for Art. Cass. ass. plén. 21-12-1990 n° 88-15.744

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Mutual and cooperative banks.

Article R512-24

The Board of Directors of the Confédération Nationale du Crédit Mutuel may impose one of the following sanctions on a member of the Crédit Mutuel who breaches the regulations in force: 1° A warning ;…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1461 A

The assets allocated to the public service missions of territorial professional health communities are exempt from business property tax, when their health project is validated under the conditions pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Modification, suspension, withdrawal and non-renewal of early access authorisation

Article R5121-72-1

I.-The Haute Autorité de santé may, on its own initiative or at the request of the ministers responsible for health and social security, suspend or withdraw an early access authorisation when one of t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-17

Any person who is subject to a suspension by virtue of a decision pronounced by an anti-doping organisation signatory to the World Anti-Doping Code or by the competent body hearing an appeal against s…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-25

Without prejudice to Article R. 351-24, the following classifications are applied for the purposes of this section:1° The surplus funds referred to in Article R. 351-21 are classified in level 1 ;2° L…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L613-56-3

I. - For the purposes of implementing Article L. 613-55-6, the resolution board may automatically terminate the financial and derivative contracts mentioned in Sections 4 to 10 of Section C of Annex I…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Occupational health

Article R1262-9

Subject to the provisions of articles R. 1262-10 to R. 1262-15, the provisions relating to : 1° The assumption of costs relating to occupational health services, as provided for in article L. 4622-6 ;…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Issue of the licence to practise.

Article R4221-13-1

I.-The Director General of the Centre national de gestion, on behalf of the Minister for Health, will issue the authorisation to practise provided for in article L. 4221-12, where applicable in the sp…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative penalties

Article R5212-31

The list of employers who have not fulfilled the obligations defined in articles L. 5212-2 and L. 5212-6 to L. 5212-11 is forwarded by the association mentioned in article L. 5214-1 to the Prefect of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: National register of persons prohibited from managing assets

Article L128-4

No interconnection within the meaning of 3° of I of the article 33 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 précitée ne peut être effectuée entre le fichier national automatisé des interdits de gérer et t…

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