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Showing 61216130 of 24560 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 21 June 2011 – no. 10-19.902

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 60-1

…der the latter's control, the judicial police officer or, in the case provided for in 3° of Article 21-3, the investigation assistant may, by any means, request any person, any private or public estab…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Entry on the roll

Article R532-32

…e of the hearing informs the parties that the written investigation provided for in articles R. 532-21 to R. 532-24 has been completed.In urgent cases, including where the first paragraph of article R…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation.

Article R711-14

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Electorate

Article R2122-8

The vote is open to the employees mentioned in article L. 2122-10-2, registered on the electoral list provided for in article L. 2122-10-4, with the exception of those in the branches mentioned in art…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L1613-1

The amount of the global operating grant is set each year by the Finance Act.In 2011, this amount, equal to €41,307,701,000, is reduced by €42,844,000 pursuant to II of Article 6 of Law no. 2008-1443…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIa: Redemption premiums and capitalised interest

Article 238 septies B

…after 29 September 1989.)III. - The provisions of I and II only apply to securities issued from 1st June 1985.IV. - 1. For loans or securities as well as for stripping transactions referred to in II o…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Long-stay visas

Article L312-4

…national holding a residence permit in France under articles L. 423-7, L. 423-14, L. 423-17, L. 423-21, L. 423-23, L. 426-5 whose spouse, during a stay abroad, has stolen the identity documents and re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Possibility of an agreement and specific terms and conditions resulting therefrom.

Article L1233-22

The agreement provided for in Article L. 1233-21 sets the conditions under which the social and economic committee :1° Is convened and informed of the economic and financial situation of the company ;…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Information to be provided to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.

Article L355-2

…ask insurance and reinsurance undertakings and the undertakings referred to in I of Article L. 356-21 to provide him with any information relating to contracts held by intermediaries or contracts ent…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Supervision on a consolidated basis by a competent authority of another Member State of the European Union or another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R613-4-1

Where the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution delegates, pursuant to Article L. 613-21-6, its responsibility for the supervision of a subsidiary to the competent authorities that have aut…

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