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Showing 16711680 of 35908 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 1re – 27 May 2010 – no. 09-11894

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article L732-7

…of the same table: Applicable articles In their wording resulting from L. 163-1 and L. 163-2 Order no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 L. 163-3 Law no. 2019-222 of 23 March 2019 L. 163-4 and L. 163-4-1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article L733-7

…of the same table: Applicable articles In their wording resulting from L. 163-1 and L. 163-2 Order no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 L. 163-3 Law no. 2019-222 of 23 March 2019 L. 163-4 and L. 163-4-1…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VIII: GUARANTEES GRANTED TO LOCAL ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES

Article L1881-1

…ions provided for in II and III. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE VERSIONS RESULTING FROM L. 1621-1 law no. 2015-366 of 31 March 2015 L. 1621-2 law no. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 L. 1621-3La loi n° 2021…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Resolution of groups for which the collège de résolution is the consolidated resolution authority

Article L613-60-2

…e competent resolution authorities of the subsidiaries concerned. To this end, the resolution board may seek mediation from the European Banking Authority pursuant to Article 31 of Regulation (EU) No…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Training arrangements

Article R212-10-17

…fined by the decree governing the speciality, specialisation, option or complementary certificates, may be required for access to the courses provided for in articles D. 212-24, D. 212-27, D. 212-40,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L341-44

…additional penalties the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures set out in the Article 131-27 of the Penal Code, either to hold a public office or to carry out the professional or social acti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title VII : CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION IN THE OVERSEAS OF THE PROVISIONS OF BOOK V RELATING TO SERVICE PROVIDERS

Article L771-1

…8/2012 of 4 July 2012, No 575/2013 of 26 June 2013, No 596/2014 of 16 April 2014, No 600/2014 of 15 May 2014, No 909/2014 of 23 July 2014, No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017, No 2019/2033 of 27 November 201…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Directors elected or appointed by employees

Article R225-34-2

…rticle L. 225-23 and the directors elected by the employees or appointed pursuant to Article L. 225-27-1 have preparation time which may not be less than fifteen hours nor more than half the legal mon…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1213-19

…and sends it to the members at least seven days before the date of the meeting.The convening notice may be sent by any means, including by fax or e-mail. The same applies to any papers or documents re…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Possibility for a witness to give evidence anonymously

Article R53-32

…cord of the hearing and the report provided for in the second and third paragraphs of Article R. 53-27 are placed in a file separate from the case file, which is kept by the public prosecutor. This fi…

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