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Showing 52715280 of 22424 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 10 Dec. 2003 – no. 01-11.923

French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-2-1

For the undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-3-1 which are authorised to carry out the operations referred to in 1° of Article L. 310-1, the calculation of the best estimate referred to in II of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-41

…ill of exchange constitutes an offence punishable by the penalties set out in articles 314-1and 314-10 of the Penal Code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Administration of establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry

Article L712-11-1

…g the administrative staff of the chambers of commerce and industry referred to in article 1 of law no. 52-1311 of 10 December 1952 relating to the compulsory establishment of a statute for the admini…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Cancer centres.

Article L6162-9

…ch projects or the exploitation of their results;9° The agreements referred to in article L. 6162-5;10° Internal regulations;The Chairman of the Board of Directors has a casting vote in the event of a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and operation

Article R321-44

…eport, which shall include an assessment of the application of article L. 321-3 and articles R. 321-10 to R. 321-17, information on the number and nature of decisions made on the basis of article L. 3…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Cross-border processing

Article R236-40

…arantees offered to creditors 9° The guarantees offered to creditors, such as sureties and pledges; 10° Whether an incentive or subsidy has been received by the company in the Member State of departur…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article LO6262-12

…after verification of the accuracy of the revenue and expenditure entries, equal to or greater than 10% of the revenue of the operating section, the territorial audit chamber, referred to by the State…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article LO6362-12

…after verification of the accuracy of the revenue and expenditure entries, equal to or greater than 10% of the revenue of the operating section, the territorial audit chamber, referred to by the State…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Local investment funds.

Article R214-70

…provisions of Article L. 214-28, Article L. 214-30 or Article L. 214-31; 3° May not hold more than 10% of the shares or units of a UCITS or an AIF covered by paragraphs 1, 2 and 6 of sub-section 2, p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article D4312-9

For the application of Article L. 4312-10, when the investment section of the budget shows a surplus, the following may be taken back into the operating section:- the proceeds from the sale of a fixed…

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