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Showing 41814190 of 20660 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 13 Nov. 2003 – no. 00-10382

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Parole application procedure

Article D528

…all state the reasons on which it is based in accordance with the provisions of articles 712-4, 712-13 and 729, as well as those of this article. It refers to the minutes of the adversarial hearing in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article L2321-2

…s and social security contributions; 4° bis Under the conditions set out in the article 88-1 of law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service, expenditur…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XII: Applications for relief from prohibitions, disqualifications, incapacities or publication measures

Article 702-1

…capacities resulting from bankruptcy convictions handed down pursuant to articles 126 to 149 of law no. 67-563 of 13 July 1967 on judicial settlement, liquidation of assets, personal bankruptcy and ba…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors

Article R114-10

…l of donations and legacies;12° Acquisitions, disposals or exchanges of real estate and long leases;13° Participation in public interest groups;14° Acquisition or sale of securities;15° The registrati…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Approved associations of the liberal professions

Article 1649 quater H

…amination does not constitute the start of one of the procedures mentioned in articles L. 12 and L. 13 of the Book of Tax Procedures. They are authorised to draw up declarations for the tax authoritie…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supplementary occupational pension contracts

Article A143-4

…borne by members and beneficiaries, for schemes which do not provide for a given level of benefits; 13° The options available to members and beneficiaries to obtain payment of their retirement benefit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations of the payee's payment service provider

Article L722-11

…der the conditions laid down in Article L. 561-12 ; 2° The payee is one of the persons mentioned in 13° of Article L. 561-2, in the situations provided for in II and III of Article L. 561-3. By way of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Responsibilities.

Article R5312-6

…xpenses applicable to its staff; 11° The initial budget and its revisions; 12° The annual accounts; 13° Borrowings and maximum outstanding cash loans; 14° Acceptance of gifts and legacies; 15° the acq…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-40

…with the most significant urban dysfunctions taken pursuant to the II de l'article 9-1 de la loi n° 2003-710 du 1er août 2003 d'orientation et de programmation pour la ville et la rénovation urbaine,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Valuation of assets.

Article A332-7

…holders and reinsured undertakings and on the realisable value of their assets referred to in 1° to 13° of article R. 332-2 and in article R. 332-5 , as well as their forward financial instruments, of…

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