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Showing 23712380 of 36960 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 15 May 2007 – no. 05-19.947

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: DEPARTMENTS OF HAUTS-DE-SEINE, SEINE-SAINT-DENIS AND VAL-DE-MARNE

Article D3421-2

…ection of the special budget of the police prefecture. These instalments must be paid no later than 15 February, 15 May and 15 August. The balance of the contribution due in respect of the financial y…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Composition pénale

Article R15-33-46

…and signed by the public prosecutor. Attached to it are the reports provided for in the articles R. 15-33-40 and R. 15-33-45 and the full investigation procedure.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article R15-33-29-4-2

The tasks entrusted by articles R. 15-33-11 à R. 15-33-13 to the magistrate delegated to the judicial missions of the customs and tax authorities with regard to customs officers are applicable to tax…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY, SAINT-MARTIN AND SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article L772-1

…on shall be granted by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution."; 2° In Article L. 511-15 : a) The first paragraph is replaced by the following provisions: "Withdrawal of authorisation sh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for authorisation

Article D3512-9-4

…pproved laboratory shall immediately inform the public establishment referred to in Article L. 3512-15 of any situation that may no longer enable it to comply with one or more conditions of approval.…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Acquisition of rights

Article R512-16

By way of derogation from 2° of Article R. 512-15, may be produced with the application:1° In the event of a transfer by death: a copy of any deed establishing the transfer, at the request of the heir…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative penalties

Article L242-11

…osen by the consumer, as defined in Article L. 221-13, is liable to an administrative fine of up to 15,000 euros for a natural person and 75,000 euros for a legal person. This fine is imposed under th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Demergers

Article L236-26

As an exception to the provisions of Article L. 236-25, it may be stipulated that the companies benefiting from the demerger will only be liable for that part of the liabilities of the demerged compan…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R4544-1

…vicinity. They do not apply to electrical energy distribution installations governed by the law of 15 June 1906 on energy distribution. In the case of electrical traction installations, this exclusio…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Use of labels

Article R2111-17

…ible, to obtain the required label or an equivalent label meeting the conditions of article R. 2111-15 within the time limit, it may prove by any means that the characteristics required by the purchas…

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