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Showing 46014610 of 22424 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 10 Dec. 2003 – no. 01-11.923

French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 3: Seizure in the hands of a third party

Article R221-23

…erations, who shall sign the original and copies; if they refuse, this shall be stated in the deed; 10° A reproduction of the provisions of Article 314-6 of the Criminal Code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-231

An association meeting the conditions set out in Article L. 22-10-44, as well as one or more shareholders representing at least 5% of the share capital, either individually or grouped together in any…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-17

…ithdrawal of authorisation from a branch of a credit institution referred to in I of Article L. 511-10, this decision entails the liquidation of the balance sheet and off-balance sheet items of the br…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax penalties

Article 1729 B

…nes applicable to documents that must be filed simultaneously not being less than €60 or more than €10,000.The fine is increased to €150 in the case of the declaration provided for in Article 242 sexi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax penalties

Article 1736

…ithout the total of fines applicable to information that must be produced simultaneously exceeding €10,000.2. Infringements of the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 1649 A and Article 1649…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Classification.

Article D333-5-3

…r by any means that the classification is no longer valid. In the event of an increase of more than 10% in the number of pitches indicated in the classification decision, the operator, if he wishes to…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Classification procedure.

Article D332-4

…he categories designated by an increasing number of stars, in the event of an increase of more than 10% in the number of pitches indicated in the classification decision, the operator, if he wishes to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-4

Without prejudice to the application of the provisions of articles 706-53-9 and 706-53-10, the information mentioned in Article 706-53-2 concerning the same person shall be removed from the file on th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Billing for services

Article D7233-1

…xed price for the service; 8° A breakdown of the time spent; 9° The prices of the various services; 10° Where applicable, travel expenses; 11° Where the legal entity or sole trader is approved in appl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Resale of second-hand in vitro diagnostic medical devices

Article R5222-18-4

…ing information: 1° The results of the quality controls mentioned in articles L. 6221-9 and L. 6221-10, carried out during the previous five years, where they related to the in vitro diagnostic medica…

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