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Showing 54915500 of 22260 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 18 Oct. 2016 – no. 15-13.834

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Compulsory sale of seized assets

Article A444-22

…to the collection of an additional session fee under the conditions provided for in article A. 444-18 : NUMBER OF THE SERVICE (table 3-1 of article appendix 4-7) NAME OF THE SERVICE PERFORMANCE PERIO…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 8: Revolving credit

Article D312-27

The minimum repayment of the capital borrowed at each instalment provided for in article

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Ceremony of reception into French citizenship

Article 21-28

…1, 21-13-2, 21-14, 21-14-1, 21-15, 24-1, 24-2 and 32-4 of this code as well as to Article 2 of Act no. 64-1328 of 26 December 1964 authorising the approval of the Council of Europe Convention on the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-7

The amount of aid from the compensation fund is equal to the amount of the additional cost after application of an excess to be borne by the delegated production company.The excess corresponds to 15%…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-14-4

I.-Any breach of the prohibitions set out in the first paragraph of article L. 5141-14-2 is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €15,000 for a natural person and up to €75,000 for a legal ent…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information on national territory

Article R631-5

The Haut Conseil de stabilité financière shall notify its draft decisions under 4°, 4° bis or 4° ter of Article L. 631-2-1: a) Under the conditions laid down, as the case may be, in Article 458 of Reg…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L241-4

…this article, the conditions of access laid down for the premises mentioned in 3° of article L. 232-18-4 apply to the premises where the events mentioned in article L. 241-2 and the training leading u…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article D49-86

…sion does not apply to the prohibitions on contact or appearance provided for by 9°, 11°, 12°, 13°, 18°, 18° bis of article 132-45 of the same code. The sentence enforcement judge may order the suspen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement and services of the statutory auditor

Article R823-14

…which shall receive the appeal and give its ruling under the conditions set out in Article R. 823-18. The most diligent party has ten days from notification of the decision of the president of the r…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-6

During a sporting event or the public broadcast of such an event in a sports venue, inciting spectators by any means whatsoever to hatred or violence towards the referee, a sports judge, a player or a…

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