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Showing 79918000 of 23069 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 18 Dec. 2012 – no. 11-27.342

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article D742-9

…n methods referred to in Article 10 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 231/2013 of 19 December 2012. The absolute value of this equivalent position is then used to calculate the total value of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article D743-9

…n methods referred to in Article 10 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 231/2013 of 19 December 2012. The absolute value of this equivalent position is then used to calculate the total value of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article D744-9

…n methods referred to in Article 10 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 231/2013 of 19 December 2012. The absolute value of this equivalent position is then used to calculate the total value of th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Obligation to register.

Article A512-1

The file referred to in article R. 512-4 includes :1° Where the applicant is a natural person, the applicant's identity, the address of the establishment where the professional activity is carried out…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5 : Provisions relating to the official statement of offence and the payment notice drawn up by a motorway operator's sworn toll official

Article A37-32

I.-On the front, entitled: "Notice of payment, infringement for non-payment of toll" appear, in the upper part of the document, on its left-hand side, the following entries:1° Date of dispatch of the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe à l'article R313-4

…cative schedule This schedule shows the amount to be paid every [periodicity]. The payments (column no. [column number]) correspond to the sum of the interest payable (column no. [column number]), whe…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Optional provisional enforcement

Article 517-1

…n the latter case, the first president may also take the measures provided for in Articles 517 and 518 to 522. The same power belongs, in the event of opposition, to the judge who handed down the deci…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Availability of consultation documents

Article R2332-4

Provided that the economic operators have requested it in good time, additional information on the consultation documents shall be sent no later than:1° In the case of a restricted invitation to tende…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Appeal procedures

Article R231

The convicted party may appeal against the provision of the decision relating to the liquidation of costs. This appeal is brought before the court of appeal in the event that the decision containing t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Suspension or cancellation of aid payments.

Article R5522-64

Payment of aid for the youth initiative project is suspended by decision of the Prefect if the professional project no longer conforms to the initial project, or in the following cases: 1° In the case…

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