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Showing 44414450 of 22424 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 10 Dec. 2003 – no. 01-11.923

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Risk Committees

Article L511-94

…edy the situation. In the case of a branch of a credit institution mentioned in I of Article L. 511-10, where the prices of the products and services mentioned in Books II and III offered to customers…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article R422-7-2

…to the provisions of articles R. 422-56 to R. 422-66 and the penalties laid down by Article L. 422-10 shall apply to them. However, the disciplinary measure of temporary or permanent striking off is…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax penalties

Article 1735 quater

…e person likely to have committed the offences mentioned in 1 of Article L. 38 of the said book;2° €10,000 in other cases, increased to €50,000 when this obstacle is observed in the premises occupied…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for authorising certain research sites

Article R1121-12

…re of the searches envisaged; 4° A precise description of the elements mentioned in article R. 1121-10 ; 5° Details of the care service that may be called upon in an emergency; 6° The name, diploma an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets

Article R236-7

…s involved in the merger decide otherwise under the conditions provided for in II of Article L. 236-10, the shareholder information provided for in the fifth paragraph of I of Article L. 236-9 is comm…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-156-2

…lting from forward financial instrument contracts mentioned in article R. 214-156-1 must not exceed 10% of its net assets. III - The use of financial futures by a société civile de placement immobilie…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Obligations and financial solidarity of principals and project owners.

Article L8222-2

…t of employees who have not been subject to one of the formalities provided for in articles L. 1221-10, relating to the declaration prior to recruitment, and L. 3243-2, relating to the issue of pay sl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL MEASURES

Article R2251-2

…licable, with the local structures of representative trade union organisations, pursuant to Article 10 of amended Law No. 2000-321 of 12 April 2000 on the rights of citizens in their relations with ad…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I

Article A38-6

The fixed procedural fees provided for in the Article 1018 A of the General Tax Code shall, in accordance with the provisions of the ninth paragraph of that Article, be increased by a sum of 210 euros…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-26

…Nationale shall send the Haut Conseil the activity declarations referred to in V of Article R. 823-10. In the event of non-compliance with this obligation, the High Council may, after unsuccessful fo…

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