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Showing 54515460 of 22478 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 21 June 2016 – no. 14-26.938

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article A441-6

…the portion of profits allocated to the said provision. The above information must be provided by 1 June of each year at the latest.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VII: Exceptional provisions specific to the Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin départements.

Article R670-3

…rmation specified in article R. 642-22, the statements appearing in the article 144 of the law of 1 June 1924 implementing French civil legislation in the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Mosell…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R1511-4-1

…small or medium-sized enterprise within the meaning of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Natural gas distribution

Article D2224-48

…d in I of Article L. 111-53 du code de l'énergie communicate to the conceding authority, before 1st June each year, an annual report outlining the operations relating to the performance of the concess…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article A38-5

In application of the 11° of Article 4 of Decree no. 2009-707 of 16 June 2009 as amended relating to the decentralised departments of the Directorate General of Public Finances and notwithstanding the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Fees charged by judicial auctioneers

Article A444-1

…r notaries and bailiffs who perform these functions pursuant to 3° of the article 1 of the law of 1 June 1924 introducing French commercial laws into the départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Mosell…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Rights and obligations of jobseekers

Article R5524-2

…en the beneficiary is married under the local law civil status regime, as it existed prior to Order no. 2010-590 of 3 June 2010 on provisions relating to the local law civil status applicable in Mayot…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-81

…nda at their request under the conditions provided for in articles R. 225-71 to R. 225-74, R. 22-10-21, R. 22-10-22 and R. 22-10-23; 3° A summary of the company's situation during the past financial y…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Exercise of freedom of establishment and breach of obligations in connection with that exercise

Article L515-4

…r State under the right of establishment to comply with the obligations laid down in Directive (EU) 2016/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 January 2016, the Autorité de contrôle p…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Changes of forenames and surnames.

Article 61-3-1

…r a change of name to one of the names provided for in the first and last paragraphs of article 311-21. Without prejudice to article 61, this choice may only be made once.Any person who provides proof…

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