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Showing 20212030 of 18775 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 26 Feb. 2008 – no. 06-20.272

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Inter-municipal equalisation fund, allocations and other revenue distributed by the local finance committee

Article L2573-53

I. - The articles L. 2334-26 to L. 2334-30 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III.II. - For the application of article L. 2334-27, in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-13-8

…ve he appoints may order the suspension or dismissal of a person referred to in I of Article L. 533-26 in order to put an end to breaches by that person of the applicable regulations under conditions…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Crédit maritime mutuel.

Article R512-40

…n Article L. 611-1 and Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, the Société centrale de crédit maritime mutuel and the regional banks and unions that…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article D753-13

…ght-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 313-26no. 2014-1316 of 3 November 2014D. 313-27No. 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 313-28 and D. 313-29n…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article D752-12

…ght-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 313-26no. 2014-1316 of 3 November 2014D. 313-27No. 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 313-28 and D. 313-29n…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article D754-11

…ght-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 313-26no. 2014-1316 of 3 November 2014D. 313-27No. 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 313-28 and D. 313-29n…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Other duties and taxes

Article 990 E

…olding referred to in Article 990 D or, for property, rights or holdings already owned on 1 January 2008, no later than 15 May 2008 ; e) Or who declare each year by 15 May at the latest, at the place…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Municipal services

Article L2573-25

…ct to the adaptations provided for in II to VI. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE FORM OF: L. 2223-1 law no. 2016-1658 of 5 December 2016 L. 2223-2 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 4° of Article L. 2223-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I-2: Examination of a person's genetic characteristics and identification by genetic fingerprinting for medical purposes

Article R1541-5

…I of Book I of this Part is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, as amended by Decrees no. 2008-321 of 4 April 2008, no. 2010-344 of 31 March 2010 and no. 2013-527 of 20 June 2013, with t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial police files

Article R40-28

I. - Shall have access to all or, by reason of their attributions, part of the data mentioned in

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