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Showing 61416150 of 39348 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 15 May 2012 – no. 11-18.330

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Negotiable debt securities

Article D743-6

…In the wording resulting from the decreeD. 213-1 to D. 213-3, D. 213-5 to D. 213-7n° 2016-707 of 30 May 2016D. 213-8n° 2019-1097 of 28 October 2019D. 213-9n° 2016-707 of 30 May 2016D. 213-10no. 2005-1…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 55 bis

…for in this Code or when required on the basis of the Code of Criminal Procedure, customs officers may be authorised not to be identified by their first and last names but to use their employment com…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Reporting obligations

Article L152-4-1

…te or a Member State, is linked to one of the activities listed in Article 3(4) of Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on the prevention of the use of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Domiciliation of registered natural and legal persons.

Article R123-166-3

The prefect who receives an application for approval has two months in which to examine it, from the date of receipt. Failure by the Prefect to respond within the timeframe mentioned in the previous p…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Common provisions

Article A322-3-1

…for in Article A. 322-3-2 or the test provided for in 1° of I of Article 3 of the Order of 25 April 2012 implementing Article R. 227-13 of the Code de l'Action Sociale et des Familles; 3° Present one…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 5: Electronic catalogues

Article R2162-54

…to R. 2132-7 and R. 2132-11 to R. 2132-13. Tenders submitted in the form of an electronic catalogue may be accompanied by additional documents.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Equity financing of cinematographic or audiovisual works

Article 238 bis HI

The companies defined in Article 238 bis HE may not benefit from the scheme provided for venture capital companies by l'article 1er-1 de la loi n° 85-695 du 11 juillet 1985, portant diverses dispositi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the matching of personal data carried out by the Autorité nationale des jeux and by La Française des jeux for the purposes of Article L. 333-1-4

Article R333-10

The Autorité nationale des jeux defines the nomenclature of competitions that may be used to organise sports betting online and in physical distribution networks, which must be used to submit the info…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to the digital procedure

Article D589-2

…process. Any person, including those involved in the proceedings within the meaning of Article 11, may use the processes mentioned in the preceding paragraphs.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Fields of activity covered by national cost studies

Article R6113-53

The national cost studies referred to in Article L. 6113-11 may cover the following fields of activity:1° The activities mentioned in 1° of article R. 162-33 of the Social Security Code; 2° The activi…

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