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Showing 11011110 of 18775 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 26 Feb. 2008 – no. 06-20.272

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article R511-16

…fair value through profit or loss as defined by IAS 39 mentioned in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 of 3 November 2008 or, where the institution is not subject to international accounting stan…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R1343-1

…ment for a substance classified as dangerous, in breach of Article 48(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Special financing arrangements

Article L4332-3

In 2008, the amount of the regional allocation for educational facilities is set at 661,841,207 euros.The amount allocated in 2008 to each region exercising the powers defined in article L. 214-6 of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The impact of multiple managers and transactions

Article L481-10

…n the category of small and medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of the article 51 of law n° 2008-776 of 4 August 2008 on modernisation of the economy and the regulatory measures taken for its…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO CERTAIN LOCAL PUBLIC SERVICES

Article R1426-1

…nications networks open to the public is determined under the conditions laid down in Articles R. 1426-2 to R. 1426-4: 1° In areas identified pursuant to III of article 52 of law no. 2004-575 of 21 Ju…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Law applicable to contracts

Article L232-5

…umer 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 protection of co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R123-223

…administrative supervision; 6° For each legal unit, the category of business, as defined by Decree no. 2008-1354 of 18 December 2008 on the criteria for determining the category to which a business b…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Sociétés de crédit foncier

Article R513-17

The period referred to in 3° of article L. 513-26 runs, depending on the case, from the day on which the obligations foncières are settled and delivered or from the day on which they are no longer hel…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Declaration of hazardous mixtures

Article R1342-15

…le R. 4411-73 of the Labour Code;9° The label provided for in Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008.The documents to be supplied…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article 20-2

…referred to in this title may exercise this option by declaration made in accordance with articles 26 et seq. He may renounce this option from the age of sixteen under the same conditions.

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