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Showing 39113920 of 22424 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 10 Dec. 2003 – no. 01-11.923

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Rent.

Article L145-38

…terial change in the local commercial factors which has itself resulted in a variation of more than 10% in the rental value, the increase or decrease in rent following a three-yearly review may not ex…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Funds open to non-professional investors.

Article R214-186

…governed by Article L. 214-140 which complies with the rules set out in II and may invest more than 10% of its assets : 1° In shares or units of AIFs or investment funds governed by foreign law which…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-13

…istration of any credit institution or finance company authorised in accordance with Article L. 511-10 are located in France. These provisions do not apply to branches of credit institutions mentioned…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees.

Article L225-186

Articles L. 225-177 to L. 225-185, L. 22-10-56 and L. 22-10-57 are applicable to investment certificates, cooperative investment certificates and cooperative shareholder certificates.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article R351-9

For the application of Article R. 351-8, in Article R. 314-19, the words: "L. 314-10 to L. 314-13" are replaced by the words: "L. 314-10 and L. 314-13".

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Victims' rights

Article D1-2

…the victim's right to assistance by an interpreter and to translation, referred to in 7° of Article 10-2 and in Article 10-3, are set out in articles D. 594-12 to D. 594-16.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 40-4

…ests the appointment of a lawyer after having been informed of this right pursuant to 3° of Article 10-2, the public prosecutor, notified by the officer or agent of the judicial police, if he or she d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Background files

Article 230-11

…iod for recorded information, the procedures for authorising the persons referred to in article 230-10 as well as, where applicable, the conditions under which interested parties may exercise their ri…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L1524-2

For the application in Mayotte of articles L. 1225-10 and L. 1225-14, the words: "l'allocation journalière prévue à l'article L. 333-1 of the Social Security Code" are replaced by the words: "the dail…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery and control

Article L115-20

…L. 115-11 entails the application of an increase of : 1° 10% if no formal notice is served or if the return is filed within thirty days of receipt of a forma…

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