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Showing 47114720 of 23051 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 10 July 2007 – no. 05-19.373

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to certain transfers of powers (R)

Article R1614-73

Where, pursuant to the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 30 of law no. 83-663 of 22 July 1983 supplementing law no. 83-8 of 7 January 1983 relating to the division of powers between munici…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XII: General provisions

Article D589-3

…st of an advanced level based on a qualified certificate, within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Approval of professional associations

Article R519-58

No later than 31 July each year, the association shall send the report referred to in II of Article L. 519-13 to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. This report contains a copy of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prudential control and resolution authority

Article D782-9

…t-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 612-53no. 2016-1026 of 26 July 2016D. 612-54 to D. 612-56No. 2010-218 of 3 March 2010D. 612-57no. 2014-131…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Sociétés coopératives ouvrières de production, agricultural cooperatives.

Article R3323-9

…to be equal, for each financial year, to the net management surpluses defined in article 32 of law no. 78-763 of 19 July 1978 on the status of sociétés coopératives de production, less the fraction e…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Reimbursement of expenses

Article R7125-26

…is occasion. The reimbursement of these expenses is provided under the conditions defined by Decree no. 2006-781 of 3 July 2006 setting the terms and conditions for the payment of expenses incurred by…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Operations.

Article D514-9

…borrower with an acknowledgement of deposit of the item borrowed, in accordance with article D. 514-10 ; 7° Information relating to the performance of the contract, including :a) The loan repayment te…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Insurance obligation for organisers of sporting events

Article L331-11

A decree sets out the terms and conditions for the application of articles L. 331-9 and L. 331-10, and in particular the control procedures.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Responsibilities

Article R112-5

The Board of Directors may delegate to the Chairman some of the powers provided for in 6°, 9°, 10° and 11° of…

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

Article D214-182

The threshold referred to in article L. 214-130 is set at €10,000.

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