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Showing 18911900 of 47269 articles for Art. Cass. ass. plén. 7 February 1986 · Cass. 1re civ. 4 March 1986 · Cass. com. 8 March 2017 n° 15-21.155 · Cass. 3e civ. 27 June 2001 · Cass. 1re civ. 27 November 2019 n° 18-18.402

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Appeal procedures

Article R621-45

I. - Appeals against individual decisions taken by the Autorité des marchés financiers relating to authorisations or sanctions concerning the persons and entities referred to in II of Article L. 621-9…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Appeal procedures

Article R621-44

The time limit for appealing against individual decisions taken by the AMF is ten days, except in the case of sanctions, when it is two months. The period runs from the date of notification of the dec…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-18

I. - The subscriber file mentioned in Article L. 2224-11-4 implemented for the invoicing of water and sanitation by the delegatee of a public water or sanitation service includes the elements necessar…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-15

…be respected.In the event of transfer of the publishing business in application of articles L. 621-83 et seq. of the aforementioned Commercial Code, the purchaser is bound by the obligations of the t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Deliberations.

Article L3121-15

Votes are taken by open ballot whenever one-sixth of the members present so request. In the event of a tie, the Chairman has the casting vote.Nonetheless, votes on appointments are always taken by sec…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Rates

Article A132-18

The rates charged by life assurance and capitalisation undertakings and by supplementary occupational pension funds include the undertaking's remuneration and are based on the following elements : 1°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Powers of the Board of Directors of the joint association

Article R2135-15

…thstanding the provisions of the previous paragraph, resolutions relating to the subject defined in 7° of article R. 2135-14 are adopted by a two-thirds majority of the votes of the members present or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
c: Other procedural acts

Article R40-18

…lawyers are heard in their observations, whichever of the persons listed in 1° and 2° of Article R. 40-4 who is the author of the appeal or his lawyer who has the floor first. Where the appeal has bee…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-18

…than the certification of accounts, the total fees invoiced for these other services are limited to 70% of the average fees invoiced over the last three financial years for the statutory audit of the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 6: Small modifications

Article R2194-8

…orks contracts, without it being necessary to check whether the conditions set out in article R. 2194-7 are met. The provisions of article R. 2194-4 are applicable to the modification provided for in…

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