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Showing 56015610 of 22478 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 21 June 2016 – no. 14-26.938

French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Departmental mining fee

Article 1587

…ted from deposits located beyond 1 nautical mile of the baselines defined in Article 2 of Ordinance no. 2016-1687 of 8 December 2016 on maritime areas under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of the Fren…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-9-3

…nuous period of twelve months is subject to the administrative sanctions set out in articles L. 232-21-1 to L. 232-23-3-12.For the purposes of this article, any breaches of the whereabouts obligations…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Mixed holding companies and mixed parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-10

…1-41-4 and Article L. 571-4 . They are also subject to the provisions of articles L. 612-20, L. 612-21, L. 612-24 to L. 612-27, L. 612-31 and L. 612-40 as well as article L. 612-23 for information rec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Discipline.

Article L1442-11

The acceptance by a councillor of an imperative mandate, before or after taking office and in any form whatsoever, constitutes a serious breach of his duties. This will result in the disqualification…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-15

When a court convicts the perpetrator of an offence referred to in articles 706-3 and 706-14 to pay damages to the civil party, it shall inform the latter of the possibility of submitting a claim for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article L641-1

Any person who participates or has participated in the performance of the duties of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall be liable to the penalties provided for in Article 226-13…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Participative financing intermediaries

Article D775-31

…ht-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the version resulting from the decreeD. 548-1No. 2022-110 of 1 February 2022D. 548-3-1no. 2022-1230 of 14 September 2022

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Control

Article R6333-15

The use of funds which do not comply with the rules defined by articles R. 6332-22, R. 6333-7, R. 6333-9, R. 6333-11, R. 6333-13 and R. 6333-14 give rise to a payment of an equal amount to the Treasur…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Governance of the plan

Article R144-11

The association draws up an annual budget which includes, in particular, the annual budget for each plan drawn up in accordance with 1° of article R. 144-14. Each popular retirement savings plan provi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Law applicable to contracts

Article L232-5

The consumer may not be deprived of the protection afforded by the provisions adopted pursuant to Directive 2008/122/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 January 2009 on the protecti…

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