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Showing 37713780 of 20648 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 1re – 16 July 1998 – no. 96-18404

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Interception of correspondence sent by electronic communications

Article 100-5

…covered by the professional secrecy of the defence and counsel, provided for in article 66-5 of law no. 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 reforming certain judicial and legal professions, except in the case…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Single section: Community aid

Article R113-2

…ting from the implementation of article L. 332-1, nor remuneration paid to companies subject to law no. 83-629 of 12 July 1983 regulating private security, guarding and cash-in-transit activities.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-61

…provisions of this section and, insofar as they are not contrary thereto, to the provisions of law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperatives.Without prejudice to the application…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4311-13

…out this professional activity on a voluntary or salaried basis for at least six years prior to 28 July 1999, and who have passed, before 31 December 2005, knowledge verification tests under conditio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exemption

Article 1594 H

…es built or acquired by first-time buyers who have taken out state-subsidised loans (PAP) between 1 July 1981 and 31 December 1984 and who are unable to meet their repayments, when the first-time buye…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section VIII: The European Certificate of Succession

Article 1381-3

…vided for in Articles 71 and 73 of Regulation No 650/2012 of the Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and acceptance a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Bodies

Article L5842-21

…bject to the adaptations provided for in II. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5214-7 law no. 99-586 of 12 July 1999 L. 5214-8 law no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 II. - In the last paragra…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operation of Livret A passbook accounts.

Article R221-2-1

…rst paragraph of article R. 221-2, it must submit the summary sheet mentioned inarticle 1 of decree no. 2016-1822 of 21 December 2016 setting out the content of the summary sheet for condominiums prov…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-54-1

…le chief executive officer may be held in a controlled company within the meaning of Article L. 233-16 by the company of which he is chief executive officer;-an individual holding a position as chief…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 6: Foreign nationals aged between sixteen and eighteen who declare that they wish to work

Article L421-35

…porary residence permit, the resident permit provided for in articles L. 423-6, L. 423-10 or L. 423-16, or the resident permit bearing the words "long-term resident-EU" provided for in article L. 426-…

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