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Showing 27312740 of 19482 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 23 Sept. 2008 – no. 07-13.338

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Liquidation.

Article R237-15

…n a petition, is competent to take the decisions provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 237-21, in article L. 237-23, in the third paragraph of article L. 237-24, in the second paragraph o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title VI : CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION IN THE OVERSEAS OF THE PROVISIONS OF BOOK IV RELATING TO MARKETS

Article L761-1

…575/2013 of 26 June 2013, No 596/2014 of 16 April 2014, No 600/2014 of 15 May 2014, No 909/2014 of 23 July 2014 and No 2022/858 of 30 May 2022 are replaced by references to Articles L. 712-7 and L. 7…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article R1331-76

…rtificate. If they are not replaced, the certificate is drawn up in accordance with article R. 1331-23.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Retirement.

Article L1237-5

…Code: 1° Within the framework of an agreement or a collective agreement concluded before 1 January 2008 setting out compensatory measures in terms of employment or vocational training; 2° For benefic…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article R211-4

…valent;c) One representative of staff with training and research responsibilities covered by Decree no. 2006-733 of 23 June 2006 relating to senior technical or scientific posts at the Institut nation…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article R613-28

…instruments and contracts or to measure the performance of investment funds and amending Directives 2008/48/EC and 2014/17/EU and Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 ; this rate may include a fixed margin, wh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-8

…al accreditation body of another Member State of the European Union mentioned in Article 137 of Law No. 2008-776 of 4 August 2008 on the modernisation of the economy. The conditions for issuing this c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exchange of information

Article L561-29

The department referred to in Article L. 561-23 shall receive, at its request or at their initiative, the information and requests from counterpart foreign financial intelligence units necessary for t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Actions in the collective interest of consumers

Article L621-7

…nion pursuant to Article 4 of Directive 2009/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 as amended on injunctions for the protection of consumers' interests, may take action…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Registration duty and land registration tax

Article 1594 G

…ns or semi-public companies, provided that the transfer falls within the scope of article 61 of law no. 86-1290 of 23 December 1986, as amended, designed to promote rental investment, home ownership o…

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