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Showing 38913900 of 23051 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 10 July 2007 – no. 05-19.373

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Complementary local currency certificates

Article L311-5

…rities may be issued and managed by one of the persons mentioned in Article 1 of Law 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 on the social and solidarity economy whose sole corporate purpose is this.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial and accounting system

Article R411-21

…and imprest accounts may be set up within the institution under the conditions laid down by Decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019, as amended, relating to the revenue and imprest accounts of public bod…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial and accounting system

Article R7345-19

…ef Executive Officer may set up revenue and imprest accounts under the conditions set out in Decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019 on the revenue and imprest accounts of public bodies.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional advisory committees

Article R6113-21

…gn as defined by article 2 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of 30 March 2007, their use in the professional field(s) concerned and the objective of ensuring consistency bet…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Validation and checks carried out by the presidents of the chambers of trades and crafts

Article L123-47

…comes under the trades and crafts sector pursuant to the first paragraph of I of article 19 of law no. 96-603 of 5 July 1996 relating to the development and promotion of trade and crafts. The natural…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Hiking routes.

Article D343-4

…Code set out the rules for the disposal of rural roads in the cases provided for in article L. 161-10-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Membership scheme

Article L424-5

…a transparent and non-discriminatory manner. Without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 531-10, multilateral trading facilities may admit as members, in addition to investment firms and credit…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title I: Individuals

Article 1147

…il status registers of the marriage certificate celebrated by the foreign authority as of 1st March 2007.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article D1424-32-5

…amount of the operation in the case provided for in the second paragraph of I of Article D. 1424-32-10.However, in the case of an operation presented by a fire and rescue service and of zonal or inter…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-7

…cooperative societies to be associated under the conditions set out in l'article 3 bis de la loi du 10 septembre 1947 portant statut de la coopération. In this case, they may not use the services of t…

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