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Showing 35913600 of 21808 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 25 Jan. 2017 – no. 15-23.547

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R256

For the application of articles R. 15-1 and R. 15-5, a paragraph worded as follows completes these articles:"When the person concerned is in office on an island other than that on which the court of a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article R4433-18

The allocations granted to the regions of Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique and Réunion for the establishment of the regional development schemes provided for in Articles L. 4433-7 to L. 4433-11, L. 4433…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article LO6262-2

If the budget is not adopted before 31 March of the financial year to which it applies or before 15 April of the year of the renewal of the Territorial Council, the State representative immediately re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article LO6362-2

If the budget is not adopted before 31 March of the financial year to which it applies or before 15 April of the year of the renewal of the Territorial Council, the State representative immediately re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article LO6471-5

If the budget is not adopted before 31 March of the financial year to which it applies, or before 15 April of the year of the renewal of the Territorial Council, the State representative immediately r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services for investment firms and credit institutions providing investment services authorised in France

Article D532-23

Where an investment service provider other than an asset management company intends to amend any of the disclosures referred to in II ofArticle D. 532-20 or, as the case may be, provided for inArticle…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title V: Information organisation

Article L451-3

In the event of a road traffic accident involving a vehicle normally based in the territory of the French Republic, the information centre shall provide the information specified in 1° to 5° of articl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article D45-7

The request for exoneration form specifies the conditions for admissibility of the request provided for in article 495-18, the methods of payment of the deposit except in the cases provided for by art…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238 bis HH

…cribed for must be in registered form. No single person may hold, directly or indirectly, more than 25% of the capital of a company defined in article 238 bis HE. This last provision is no longer appl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Quantitative targets for healthcare provision

Article D6121-7

…34-3:-number of establishments providing a given healthcare activity, as defined in article R. 6122-25;-the number of facilities and services providing psychiatric care, as defined by order of the Min…

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