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Showing 50915100 of 21018 articles for Art. Cass. ch. mixte 14 février 2003 n° 00-19423

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions specific to credit institutions, investment firms, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions

Article L783-4

…0 76 of 21 January 2010 L. 613-20-7 Ordinance no. 2015-1024 of 20 August 2015 L. 613-24 Order no. 2014-1332 of 6 November 2014 L. 613-25 Order no. 2019-964 of 18 September 2019 L. 613-26 Order no. 202…

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

Article R774-39

…r foreign law; 2° References to the Tribunal de Commerce are replaced by references to the Tribunal Mixte de Commerce; 3° References to agents of the Direction Générale des Finances Publiques are repl…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: The obligation to insure.

Article L251-1

As stated in article L. 1142-2 of the French Public Health Code, reproduced below: "Art. L. 1142-2-Health professionals practising on a self-employed basis, the health establishments, health services…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-13

…the first paragraph of I, the Haut conseil may, under the conditions provided for in Article L. 821-14, impose additional procedures or requirements if they are necessary to give effect to national le…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 6: Foreign nationals exempt from applying for a residence permit

Article R431-18

…1-29, L. 421-30 to L. 421-33, L. 422-1, L. 422-2, L. 422-4, L. 422-5, L. 422-6, L. 422-10 to L. 422-14, L. 423-7, L. 423-8, L. 423-21, L. 423-22, L. 423-23, articles L. 424-9 and L. 424-11 with the ex…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Shareholdings in companies

Article L3231-6

…uced by the production facilities benefits from the support provided for in Articles L. 311-12, L. 314-1, L. 314-18, L. 446-2, L. 446-5, L. 446-14 or L. 446-15 of the Energy Code. In the latter case,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5422-18

…nt to article L. 5124-13 or one of the registrations referred to in articles L. 5121-13 and L. 5121-14-1 ;2° Any advertisement within the meaning of article L. 5122-1 made to the public which has not…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Commercial agents.

Article R134-6

…d Thionville.When a declaration transmitted via the computer service mentioned in Article R. 123-30-14 is referred to the court clerk, the clerk exchanges information with the latter under the conditi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Authorisation of national police judicial police officers

Article R15-3

…authorisation is transmitted according to the distinctions provided for in a, b or c of article R. 14. Periods during which the police officers referred to in 3° of article 16 are given the status of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Revitalisation by companies subject to the obligation to offer redeployment leave

Article D1233-38

…or in article L. 1237-19-3.III. - In the cases provided for in articles L. 1233-90-1 and L. 1237-19-14, when the job losses concern at least three departments, the decision relating to the obligation…

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