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Showing 26112620 of 20648 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 1re – 16 July 1998 – no. 96-18404

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions specific to Saint-Barthélemy

Article L772-2

Articles L. 532-16 to L. 532-27 do not apply to Saint-Barthélemy.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Special provisions

Article L1525-2

The provisions of article L. 1522-3 are not applicable to semi-public companies created prior to 8 July 1983, the date of publication of the loi n° 83-597 du 7 juillet 1983 précitée, provided that the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional representation

Article L7111-11

…l communication company is informed each year of its compliance with article 2 bis of the law of 29 July 1881 on freedom of the press.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions applicable to CCI France.

Article R712-26-1

…General Meeting with a report on its performance, which is sent to the supervisory authority by 15 July each year at the latest..

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities

Article A123-80-1

The declaration provided for in article L. 123-29 includes, with supporting documents, the following: 1° For a legal entity, the corporate name or denomination followed, where applicable, by the acron…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Modification, suspension, withdrawal and non-renewal of early access authorisation

Article R5121-72-1

…é will withdraw the authorisation it has issued, without prejudice to the provisions of articles L. 162-16-5-1, L. 162-16-5-1-1, L. 162-16-5-4 and L. 162-18 of the Social Security Code, within one mon…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions specific to conveyor belts.

Article R342-27

…R. 472-16 to R. 472-21 of the town planning code apply to treadmills.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-8

For the purposes of Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2017 on the fight against fraud affecting the financial interests of the Union through criminal law…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: European UCITS management companies

Article L532-20-2

…horised in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 shall provide the following documents to the Autorité des marchés financiers:1° The writte…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Payment services

Article L752-10

…ght-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 314-1 Order no. 2017-1433 of 4 October 2017 L. 314-2 Order no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 314-3 and L. 314-4…

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