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Showing 25112520 of 21018 articles for Art. Cass. ch. mixte 14 février 2003 n° 00-19423

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L773-3

…resulting from L. 511-9 and L. 511-10 Order no. 2021-796 of 23 June 2021 L. 511-11 Ordinance no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 511-12-1 Order no. 2015-1024 of 20 August 2015 L. 511-12-2 Law no. 201…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 5 : Acquisition of French nationality by decision of the public authorities

Article 21-15

Except in the case provided for in article 21-14-1, the acquisition of French nationality by decision of the public authority results from naturalisation granted by decree at the request of the foreig…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Modification of the jurisdiction of commercial courts following a new delimitation of administrative or judicial districts and the transfer of the registry of mixed commercial courts.

Article R743-173

When the amendment provided for in Article R. 743-158 affects the jurisdiction of a judicial court ruling in commercial matters or the registry of a mixed commercial court, it gives rise to compensati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article D775-39

…no. 2020-1774 of 21 December 2020D. 561-32-1no. 2020-119 of 12 February 2020D. 561-33 to D. 561-34-1n° 2021-375 of 1st April 2021D. 561-35No. 2018-284 of 18 April 2018D. 561-51no. 2021-1113 of 23 Augu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant (Pay parking disputes commission)

Article L2333-87-6

During the investigation, exchanges between the court and the municipality, the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation or the mixed syndicate may take place electronically under conditio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Powers

Article L5842-28

…IV. - The agglomeration community may transfer any competence to a syndicat de communes or syndicat mixte whose perimeter includes the entire community perimeter after the syndicat has been created or…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6 : Exceptional aid to compensate for the loss of turnover due to the ban on the sale and consumption of food and drink in cinemas

Article 919-95

To be eligible for the exceptional aid, operators must have opened to the public the establishments for which the aid is requested during the period between 3 January 2022 and 15 February 2022.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Mediation of consumer disputes

Article L612-3

Mediation of consumer disputes is subject to the obligation of confidentiality set out in the Article 21-3 of Law no. 95-125 of 8 February 1995 on the organisation of the courts and civil, criminal an…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
8°: Miners

Article 1077

…eeds, documents and papers whatsoever, to be provided for the execution of the law of 25 February 1914, amending the law of 29 June 1894 and creating an autonomous pension fund for miners, are exempt…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Authorising officer's accounts (R)

Article D3342-4

All money orders must be accompanied by documents relating to the method of payment of expenditure under the conditions laid down by Decree No. 65-97 of 4 February 1965, as amended, on the methods and…

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