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Showing 38013810 of 20648 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 1re – 16 July 1998 – no. 96-18404

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares

Article L22-10-59

…eaning of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/EC of the Eur…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article L824-13

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R121-12

For the adoption of the amending resolutions provided for in 4° of article R. 121-9 and those relating to building leases provided for in 9° of the same article, recourse to a procedure for consulting…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-22

…conclusion of contracts mentioned in the second sentence of the second paragraph of article L. 2511-16 for a term not exceeding twelve years, the Borough Mayor may receive a delegation from the Boroug…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Applications for authorisation

Article R1333-123

…orisation is completed by the effluent and waste management plan mentioned in II of article R. 1333-16.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Specific measures

Article L412-9

…hin the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regard…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Clearing houses

Article L440-1

…d in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories.They are authorised by t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Content and adoption of the measures imposed

Article R733-6

…the rental debt previously granted by a decision of the judge seized pursuant to article 24 of law no. 89-462 of 6 July 1989 aimed at improving rental relations and amending law no. 86-1290 of 23 Dec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cooperation and exchanges of information with the authorities of other Member States of the European Union or other States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L632-6

…horised in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009, AIF management companies within the meaning of Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parli…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: School transport (R).

Article R1614-67

…n the absence of an agreement notified by one of the authorities concerned to the prefect before 31 July 1984, the right to compensation is allocated to the département, unless during the 1983-1984 sc…

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