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Showing 12411250 of 18775 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 26 Feb. 2008 – no. 06-20.272

French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Consumer credit

Article D312-27

The minimum repayment of the capital borrowed at each instalment provided for in article

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVI: Prosecution, investigation and trial of drug trafficking offences

Article 706-27

…shall be determined by decree, shall have jurisdiction to try the crimes referred to in Article 706-26 and related offences. For the trial of defendants who have reached the age of majority, the rules…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L5842-7

I. - Articles L. 5211-21, L. 5211-23, L. 5211-25-1, L. 5211-26, L. 5211-27 are applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the application of Article L. 5211…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L214-27

Unless otherwise provided, articles L. 214-24-24 to L. 214-26-2 apply to private equity funds.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 163 bis E

The income tax exemptions resulting from 25° and 26° of the article 81 apply subject to the provisions of article 150-0 D.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article L533-27

…ssary human and financial resources to the training of the persons mentioned in I of Article L. 533-26.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article D774-11

Article D. 521-1 is applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-8

Independently of the ordinary grounds for nullity, and subject to the provisions of article L. 132-26, the insurance contract is null and void in the event of concealment or intentional misrepresentat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L229-6

…in the general meeting. In the case of a single-member European Company, articles L. 225-25, L. 225-26, L. 225-72 and L. 225-73 do not apply to directors or members of the supervisory board of this co…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-31

…L. 356-21, R. 356-3, R. 356-5 to R. 356-5-2 and R. 356-30 as well as articles L. 632-1 and L. 612-26 of the Monetary and Financial Code are applicable, insofar as they are necessary for the exercise…

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