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Showing 23112320 of 18775 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 26 Feb. 2008 – no. 06-20.272

French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R2681-3

…balance sheet total does not exceed 43 million euros". 2151-14, the words: "Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R612-10

…n, in particular under Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 and Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-21

…nstituted by decision of the deliberative body under the conditions provided for in article L. 2333-26 by:1° Groupings of tourist communes and classified tourist resorts falling under Section 2 of Cha…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-40

…reached a provision of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, with the exception of the requirements set out in Articles 92a and 92b thereof; 2° It…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Allocation of sums entered in the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-59

…artistic and technical quality assessed on the basis of a minimum number of working days set at: a) 26 days when the duration of the work is greater than 60 minutes; b) 20 days when the duration of th…

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

Article L613-34-2

…ph 7 of Article 113 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 or other cooperative mutual solidarity systems provided for in paragraph 6 of Article 1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Advertising.

Article D5141-88-1

…ducts and repealing Directive 2001/82/EC or in exceptional circumstances as provided for in Article 26 of the same Regulation. II.-The amount of the tax provided for in 6° of 1 of I of Article L. 5141…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-sectional imaging equipment used for diagnostic radiology purposes

Article R6123-161

…ion holder has only one of the two types of equipment mentioned in a and b of 2° of article R. 6122-26 on the geographical site concerned, it draws up an agreement with an authorisation holder who has…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
New regulatory part

Article Annexe à l'article R314-3

PART I: Basic equation expressing the equivalence of loans, on the one hand, and repayments and charges, on the other. The basic equation, which defines the annual percentage rate of charge (APR), exp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article L3335-2

…rs. Amounts placed in reserve in application of I of article L. 3335-2 as it stood prior to the Law no. 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on finances for 2020 are paid back into this fund. II.The first le…

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