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Showing 75817590 of 24560 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 21 June 2011 – no. 10-19.902

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Specific inspection regime

Article L613-33

…nto account the supervision exercised by the competent authorities mentioned in 2 of article L. 511-21.In order to carry out this supervision or for information or statistical purposes or to assess wh…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: European standardised information sheet

Article R313-4

The personalised information that the creditor or credit intermediary provides to the borrower in the form of the sheet referred to in Article L. 313-7, the model for which is appended to this code, c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes.

Article R123-37

…t, who actually collaborates in his commercial activity under the conditions defined by Article R. 121-1 ;9° Where applicable, that it is authorised to be a trader pursuant to Article L. 121-2 ;10° Th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Specific provisions for victims of violence and offences committed within a couple or within the family

Article D1-11-1

In cases of domestic violence covered by the article 132-80 of the Penal Code, the public prosecutor shall check, before initiating public proceedings, whether the violence was committed in the presen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: CCI France.

Article R711-55-3

Audits commissioned by CCI France pursuant to 7° of Article L. 711-16 are carried out on site or on the basis of documents requested from the audited establishment and, where applicable, from the regi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-9

…ability provided for in Articles 47 of Council Regulations (EU) No 2016/1103 and No 2016/1104 of 24 June 2016 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Right of communication by the financial authorities.

Article 64 A

…l information gathered in the course of statistical surveys carried out within the framework of Act no. 51-711 of 7 June 1951 may under no circumstances be used for tax control or economic repression…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L311-23

…ing of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to legal entities and establishments open to the public implementing the exception

Article R122-17

…stablished in any Member State of the European Union or party to the Marrakesh Treaty adopted on 27 June 2013, shall keep a register of such adaptations. They shall publish and update, on their websit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Definitions and scope of application

Article L411-2

…ualified investor is a person defined in point e of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017. A restricted circle of investors is made up of persons, other than qualified investors, w…

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