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Showing 32413250 of 21304 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 24 Nov. 1998 – Chevassus-Marche

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Cooperation

Article L612-48

I. - The coordinator of the division is appointed jointly by the Secretaries General of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and the Autorité des marchés financiers. Under their joint…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title III: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation, exchange of information and supplementary supervision of financial conglomerates

Article L634-3

III of Article 8 and Articles 10-1 and 12 to 13-1 of Law 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, the fight against corruption and the modernisation of economic life are applicable to any natural…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to New Caledonia

Article D752-18

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the ri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to French Polynesia

Article D753-19

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions specific to the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article D754-16

I. - Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Applicable certification procedure and technical design and construction rules applicable to second-hand work equipment referred to in 1°, 3°, 4° and 5° of Article R. 233-83 and to second-hand safety components referred to in Article R. 233-83-2

Article R233-89-1-1

The mobile machines and second-hand lifting equipment referred to in the first paragraph, which comply with the requirements applicable to them respectively by virtue of amended decrees no. 47-1592 of…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter VI: Recourse to arbitration

Article L2236-1

The parties may have recourse to arbitration for the settlement of disputes relating to the performance of the partnership contracts, with French law applying.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to local authorities and local public bodies

Article L2223-2

The deliberative assembly of the local authority or the deliberative body of the local public institution authorises the executive body to sign the partnership contract.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Payment arrangements

Article L2191-5

All deferred payments are prohibited in contracts awarded by the State, its public establishments, local authorities, their public establishments and their groupings.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General rules

Article R2112-1

The threshold above which contracts must be concluded in writing is set at €25,000 excluding tax.

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