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Showing 45414550 of 21317 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 13 January 1993

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-34-1

…edy the situation of a credit institution, an investment firm referred to in 2° of I of Article L. 613-34 or a finance company referred to in II of Article L. 613-34, the Autorité de contrôle prudenti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6133-1

…ts operating costs and, subject to the situation provided for in the third paragraph of Article R. 6133-3, the procedures for their annual review in the light of the costs actually recorded in respect…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-18

…dies; -the methodology of the performance study with regard to the provisions of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, as amended, relating to information technology, files and freedoms, the need to collec…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238-0 A

…n agreement with at least twelve States or territories, shall be considered as non-cooperative on 1 January 2010.The list of non-cooperative States and territories is set by an order of the ministers…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Temporary documents issued while an application submitted without using the teleservice referred to in article R. 431-2 is being examined

Article R431-14

…wording "private and family life" as provided for in Articles L. 423-1, L. 423-7, L. 423-8, L. 423-13, L. 423-14, L. 423-15, L. 423-22, L. 425-1 or L. 426-5; 4° Carte de séjour temporaire portant la…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-40

…août 2003 d'orientation et de programmation pour la ville et la rénovation urbaine, recorded on 1st January of the year of allocation, or there existed on 1st January 2021 on the communal territory at…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article R225-120

…and, where applicable, the additional amount of the capital increase on the basis of Article L. 225-135-1 ;7° The opening and closing dates for subscription;8° The existence, for the benefit of shareh…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article D1831-1

…ABLE PROVISIONS IN THE FORMING RESULTING FROM R. 1221-12 Decree no. 2021-596 of 14 May 2021 R. 1221-13 Decree no. 2000-318 of 7 April 2000 R. 1221-14 and R. 1221-15 Decree no. 2021-596 of 14 May 2021…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-16-3

…of the adversarial hearing provided for in article 712-6 or the hearing provided for in article 712-13. This curator, guardian or person may make written observations or be heard as a witness by the s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3142-58

…social, environmental and trade union training leave provided for in Articles L. 2145-5 to L. 2145-13 ; 2° The time limit within which the employee must send his request for leave to the employer;3°…

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