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Showing 37713780 of 32118 articles for Art. Cass. ch. mixte 8-6-2007 n° 05-10.727

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS INVOLVING LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES, GROUPS OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES AND OTHER LEGAL ENTITIES GOVERNED BY PUBLIC LAW

Article L5721-6

Any natural or legal person has the right to request communication of the deliberations and minutes of the deliberative body of mixed syndicates, budgets and accounts as well as the decisions of the p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Secure surveillance and secure detention

Article R53-8-50

If the security surveillance takes place at the end of a security detention period, the sentence enforcement judge with territorial jurisdiction to supervise the person is notified before the person l…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIa: Customs detention and criminal proceedings

Article L716-8-1

In the absence of a written request from the proprietor of a registered trademark or the beneficiary of an exclusive right of exploitation and outside the cases provided for by the Community regulatio…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Measures imposed

Article R733-6

The commission shall notify, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, the debtor and the creditors of the measures it intends to impose pursuant to the provisions of Articles L. 733-1, L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Monetary signs

Article L721-6

I. - Cash payments denominated in CFP francs are rounded to the nearest multiple of 5 CFP francs and are made according to the following rounding rules:1° Amounts ending in 1, 2, 6 and 7 are rounded d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts.

Article D232-8-1

I. - The threshold provided for in I of article L. 232-6 is set at 750 million euros. II. - The threshold provided for in I of Article L. 232-6-1 is the net turnover set at 12 million euros. III. - Fo…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article D351-6

…lting from the decree no. 2022-894 of 15 June 2022 D. 314-24 to D. 314-26 Resulting from the décret n° 2016-884 du 29 juin 2016 D. 314-27 Resulting from the décret n° 2018-431 du 1er juin 2018 D. 314-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-67

Documents relating to an inter vivos gift (numbers 16 to 19 of table 5) give rise to the collection of an emolument proportional to the value in full ownership (including in the case of a usufruct res…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK I: Commerce in general.

Article Annexe 1-6

TEST FORM PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE A. 123-68-1 1. Declarant. Name or business name of the legal entity. Where applicable, the registration number with the RCS. Identity and capacity of the signing lega…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-63

The declaration of inheritance (number 8 of table 5) gives rise to the collection of a fee proportional to the total gross assets, including, if there is a community, participation or partnership of a…

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