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Showing 59415950 of 21675 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 16 Nov. 2022 – no. 21-10.126

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Specific inspection regime

Article L613-32

…n shall exchange with the competent authorities within the meaning of Articles L. 511-21 and L. 532-16, information relating to credit institutions and investment firms benefiting from the freedom of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-9

The Articles of Association must contain a valuation of each contribution in kind. This is done in the light of a report appended to the Articles of Association and drawn up under its responsibility b…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article L333-1-4

…by an online gaming or betting operator holding the authorisation provided for inArticle 21 of Law No. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 relating to the opening up to competition and the regulation of the onli…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L311-5

…s representing producers. In the absence of an agreement within one year of the publication oforder no. 2020-1642 of 21 December 2020, a decree in the Conseil d'Etat will set the standard clauses. By…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 706-1-1

Articles 706-80 to 706-87 [Redaction conforme au dernier alinéa de l'article 1er de la décision du Conseil constitutionnel n° 2013-679 DC du 4 décembre 2013], 706-95 à 706-103,706-105 and 706-106 are…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-54-1

…the representative of the State in the département under the conditions set out inarticle 7 of law no. 2014-173 of 21 February 2014 on town planning and urban cohesion, to sit on the internal bodies…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The insurance certificate.

Article R211-14

Any driver of a vehicle referred to in article L. 211-1 must, under the conditions set out in the articles of this section, be able to produce a document giving a presumption that the insurance obliga…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Correction, withdrawal and publication of the application

Article R612-39

At the expiry of the eighteen-month period provided for in Article L. 612-21, or at any time before the expiry of that period at the written request of the applicant, a notice shall be published in th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduction in the rental value of certain properties

Article 1518 A ter

…status may, by means of a concordant decision taken under the conditions laid down in I of Article 1639 A bis, institute a 30% allowance applied to the rental value of premises used for residential p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article R228-12

The sale provided for in Article L. 228-6-1 of the equity securities that could not be allocated individually and corresponding to the rights forming fractional shares, as well as the distribution of…

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