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Showing 86118620 of 51146 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 2 Nov. 2011 – no. 10-22.859

French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Bills of exchange and promissory notes

Article L314-21

…age, in connection with credit transactions governed by this Title, with the exception of Sections 2, 6 and 8 of Chapter III and Sections 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 of this Chapter and Section 2 of Chapter I o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IIa: Annual tax on office premises, commercial premises, storage premises and parking areas levied in the Ile-de-France region

Article 231 ter

…al activities or used by associations or private bodies whether or not pursuing a profit-making aim;2° For commercial premises, which means premises intended for the exercise of a retail or wholesale…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-21

The contract specifies the methods for calculating the surrender value or transfer value and, where applicable, the reduction value. For the calculation of the reduction value, no reduction allowance…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to sub-contracts

Article R2393-2

…re not considered to be sub-contractors: 1° Members of the same grouping in relation to each other; 2° Economic operators over whom the contract holder exercises, directly or indirectly, a dominant in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conclusion and proof of the insurance contract - Form and transmission of policies.

Article L112-2

…L. 313-10 of the French Consumer Code and for the insurance transactions referred to in article R. 321-1 15 of this Code. The insurance proposal does not bind either the insured or the insurer; only t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Abolition of communes

Article L2114-2

…shments, between the State and the attached commune or communes. The decree mentioned in article L. 2114-1, taken in the light of these proposals, determines in particular the conditions of attributio…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Filing formalities

Article R512-2

…ons of extension, must belong to one of the categories of representatives mentioned in Articles L. 422-4 and L. 422-5. Persons who do not have their domicile or registered office in a Member State of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article L613-26

…liates are also in suspension of payments.By way of derogation from the provisions of articles L. 632-1 and L. 632-2 of the French Commercial Code, acts performed by the central body from the date of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Role of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.

Article R1221-25

…receive the following documents and information: 1° Under the conditions laid down in articles R. 1221-50 and R. 1221-51, reports of serious incidents, serious adverse reactions in blood donors and a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4311-2

…couraging them to remain in, integrate into or reintegrate into their family or social environment; 2° Contributing to the establishment of methods and the gathering of information useful to other pro…

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