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Showing 49714980 of 23069 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 18 Dec. 2012 – no. 11-27.342

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Investor guarantee

Article L753-14

…ght-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 322-1 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 322-2 to L. 322-10 Order no. 2015-1024 of 20 August 2015 II.-For th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-28

…to the previous paragraph, in the sole case provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 145-18, the tenant must vacate the premises upon payment of a provisional indemnity set by the president…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Powers exercised on behalf of the municipality.

Article L2122-23

…y or councillor acting by delegation from the mayor under the conditions set out in article L. 2122-18. Unless otherwise stipulated in the deliberation, decisions relating to the matters that have bee…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose and award conditions

Article 831-2

…was calculated on the basis of a tariff lower than the "blue" tariff provided for in article R. 337-18 of the Energy Code, the doubling is assessed on the basis of an amount recalculated on the basis…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 849-21

…of the advance that may have been awarded pursuant to the dispositions de l'article 68 de la loi du 18 novembre 2016 susmentionnée. Substitution entails the transfer of the mandate given by the intere…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Creation, extension and conversion.

Article R2324-21

…s period, this shall be deemed to be a favourable opinion. The provisions of III of article R. 2324-18 and, except in the case of a request made by the municipality in which the facility is located, o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Establishment in France of persons authorised to conduct voluntary sales of movable property by public auction in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article A321-35

…ble to persons admitted to follow the second year of the traineeship provided for in article R. 321-18 (5°).

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Examination of the sports agent's licence

Article R222-14

A session of the sports agent licence examination is opened each year in each of the sports for which a sports agent commission has been set up pursuant to article R. 222-1. Persons who are not in any…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Blood.

Article L1271-1

Carrying out the activities referred to in article L. 1222-1-1 or any other activity related to blood transfusion without holding the approval provided for in article L. 1222-11 or, where applicable,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to groups with a parent undertaking whose registered office is outside the European Union

Article L356-13

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article L. 356-11, where the prudential regime of a third country has been recognised as temporarily equivalent by a delegated act of the European Commission, the Aut…

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