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Showing 68316840 of 39348 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 15 May 2012 – no. 11-18.330

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2253-1

…2253-2.By way of derogation from the first paragraph of this article, communes and their groupings may, by deliberation of their deliberative bodies, participate in the capital of a société coopérati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-8-7

The redemption by the fund of its units and the issue of new units may be temporarily suspended by the management company when exceptional circumstances so require and if the interests of the unithold…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Compensation for victims of acts of terrorism and other offences.

Article L422-2

…tim's injuries. This provision also applies in the event of a worsening of the loss.Articles L. 211-15 to L. 211-18 apply to these offers of compensation. Late or manifestly insufficient offers may en…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Provisions common to inheritances and gifts

Article 779

…ritance representation.II. - For the collection of transfer duties free of charge, an allowance of €159,325 is made on the share of any heir, legatee or donee, unable to work under normal profitable c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Special contribution.

Article L8253-1

Without prejudice to any legal proceedings that may be brought against them, employers who have employed a foreign worker in breach of the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 8251-1 shall…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Traceability

Article R3512-33

…an operator in accordance with point 3 of Article 5 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2018/574 of 15 December 2017 on technical standards for the establishment and operation of a system for the trac…

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French Customs CodeIn force
C. - Third class

Article 416 bis

…e 53 (1)(b) and Article 61 (1) of this Code is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of €15,000.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R2671-4

…° Articles R. 2331-1 and R. 2331-2 are replaced by the following provisions:"Art. R. 2331-1 -Buyers may make known their intention to award a contract by publishing a pre-information notice."Art. R. 2…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R2681-4

…° Articles R. 2331-1 and R. 2331-2 are replaced by the following provisions:"Art. R. 2331-1 -Buyers may make known their intention to award a contract by publishing a pre-information notice."Art. R. 2…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Scope of protection

Article L342-3-2

Information in electronic form relating to the rights regime of the producer of a database, within the meaning of Article L. 331-11, benefit from the protection provided for in Article L. 335-4-2.

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