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Showing 35213530 of 20828 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 15 Mar. 1988 – no. 86-16362

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D773-22

…the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 533-2-1n° 2007-904 of 15 May 2007D. 533-3 to D. 533-5No. 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 533-11 with the exception of its…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D774-22

…the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 533-2-1n° 2007-904 of 15 May 2007D. 533-3 to D. 533-5No. 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 533-11 with the exception of its…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Simplified group action procedure

Article R623-14

…e within the period and in the manner set by the judge pursuant to the provisions of article L. 623-15 and under the conditions set out in article R. 623-13 are no longer eligible to claim their compe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1840 W quater

…of Article 1605 or who have provided inaccurate or incomplete information are liable to a fine of €15 per inaccurate or missing item of information.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Public prosecutions and investigations

Article R261-2

For the application of Article R. 15-33-68, 1° and 4° of this article are worded as follows: "1° Electronic communications operators as well as the legal persons providing services mentioned by the lo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Loans, profit participation certificates and mutualist certificates.

Article R322-79

…plementation of the resolution.II. - The provisions of sections III and IIIa of chapter V of decree no. 67-236 of 23 March 1967, with the exception of those relating exclusively to commercial companie…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section.

Article R5441-1

…to the provision of free samples of veterinary medicinal products mentioned in article R. 5141-88; 15° Disregarding the rules relating to the name, labelling and package leaflet of veterinary medicin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1511-1-2

…s that they may or, where applicable, must implement pursuant to the second paragraph of article L. 1511-1-1 against the persons whose actions are at the origin of the procedure in question. The corre…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1b: Protection of the identity of certain officials involved in criminal proceedings

Article D8-3

The line managers likely to issue the authorisations mentioned in I of article 15-4 are: 1° For the national police, the directors of the territorial services of the national police, the directors of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R3354-20

…4-13 and R. 3354-14 and one or more expert doctors whose duties are provided for in article R. 3354-15 are entered under a special heading on the list of experts drawn up by each court of appeal in ap…

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