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Showing 18811890 of 18775 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 26 Feb. 2008 – no. 06-20.272

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Organisation of the departmental- metropolitan fire and rescue service

Article L1424-72

…s and a maximum of thirty members. Its composition is determined in accordance with Article L. 1424-26.The seats are distributed between:1° The Rhône department;2° The communes and public establishmen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to investment service providers

Article L573-1-1

…lio management company or of one of the legal persons or subsidiaries referred to in Article L. 612-26 or for any manager of a market undertaking, a member of a clearing house or a person authorised t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS INVOLVING LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES, GROUPS OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES AND OTHER LEGAL ENTITIES GOVERNED BY PUBLIC LAW

Article L5721-7-1

…e rights of third parties and in compliance with the provisions of articles L. 5211-25-1 et L. 5211-26 the conditions under which the trade union is wound up.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article L775-17

…hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 523-1 Ordinance no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 523-2, with the exception of its h) Act 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Use of the account for part-time work

Article D4163-25

…ed for in the last four paragraphs of article L. 3123-17, in the third paragraph of article L. 3123-26 and in article L. 4163-10 and according to the procedures provided for in article D. 3123-3. In s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L3334-7

…y to départements that cease to meet the demographic conditions set out in the first paragraph from 2008 and that receive an allocation under the urban equalisation allocation in the same year.If the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Disciplinary procedure

Article R4441-27

…n of the same table, shall apply in New Caledonia and French Polynesia: ARTICLES AS AMENDED BY R. 4126-5 Decree no. SPRH2219553D of 27 February 2023 R. 4126-6Decree no. 2007-434 of 25 March 2007 R. 41…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-34

…of Articles 6 to 17 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013;4° Financial holding companies and parent financial holding companies in a Member State…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors

Article L1424-27

…rovisions of the articles L. 1612-1 to L. 1612-20, as well as those referred to in articles L. 1424-26 and L. 1424-35.The maximum allowances voted by the board of directors of the fire and rescue serv…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: General provisions

Article L412-2

…L. 512-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code; 2° Certificats mutualistes mentioned inarticle L. 322-26-8 of the French Insurance Code; 3° Shares in cooperative societies constituted in the form of a p…

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