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Showing 62216230 of 24915 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 10 Nov. 2015 – no. 14-14.820

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R121-9

Without prejudice to the provisions of article 7 of law no. 83-675 of 26 July 1983 on the democratisation of the public sector, the Board of Directors determines the guidelines for the establishment's…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common law provisions.

Article R312-1-2

…by a third party holder; 7° (repealed) 8° Charges for seizure of assets for payment; 9° (repealed) 10° Charges for occasional incomplete transfers; 11° Charges for non-execution of standing orders fo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Availability of beneficiaries' rights.

Article R3324-21-1

…ial year in respect of which the rights arose, in accordance with the provisions of article L. 3324-10, or a period of eight years, under the same conditions, in accordance with the provisions of arti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Professional recovery

Article R645-15

…urt registry. The assigned judge who refers the case to the court in accordance with Article L. 645-10 has the clerk of the court's office summon the debtor to appear within the time limit he sets, by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Initial risk assessment

Article R4412-97-5

…es referred to in articles R. 1334-29-4 to R. 1334-29-6 of the Public Health Code andarticle R. 126-10 of the Construction and Housing Code are attached to it where appropriate.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-20

…The status of counterparties is specified in Article 63 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014; b) The recoverability of funds, taking into account the legal form of th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Tax fines

Article 1759-0 A

…the deductions that should have been made or declared, in the case of omissions or inaccuracies;2° 10% of the deductions that should have been made or declared, in the case of failure to file the dec…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter Ia: Restorative justice

Article D1-1-1

Other than the case provided for in 1° of Article 10-2, the possibility for the victim or perpetrator of an offence to participate in a restorative justice measure falling under Article 10-1 is offere…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health centres.

Article L6323-1-8

I. - The health centre is responsible for keeping patients' medical records in conditions that guarantee the quality and continuity of patient care.In the event of prolonged or definitive closure, the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R5315-7

Subject to the following paragraph and to the provisions of article R. 5315-12 with regard to the decisions covered by 8° of article R. 5315-3, the decisions of the Board of Directors are enforceable…

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