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Showing 57315740 of 18775 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 26 Feb. 2008 – no. 06-20.272

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Approvals

Article L321-10

…l and the status of its shareholders or, in the case of the companies referred to in Article L. 322-26-1, the mutual insurers and associations referred to in Article L. 211-8 of the Mutual Code and th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to investment firms

Article L531-4

…raph 1 of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, or an insurance company or an undertaking for collective investment and which meets on…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Labelling and presentation of foodstuffs and feedingstuffs

Article R412-18

…egulation (EU) 2018/775 of 28 May 2018 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Article 26(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Expenses

Article L4425-29

…al de la fonction publique territoriale;5° Under the conditions provided for in Article 88-1 of Law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service, expenditur…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Collection and control of contributions.

Article L5422-16

…int-Pierre-et-Miquelon fall within the jurisdiction of the courts referred to in Article 8 of Order no. 77-1102 of 26 September 1977 extending and adapting various provisions relating to social affair…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L744-9

…of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 214-143 to L. 214-150 Order no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013 L. 214-151 Act 2014-1 of 2 January 2014 L. 214-152 and L. 214-153 Order…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Administration of the collective shop

Article L125-10

Annexed to the constitutive contract or to the articles of association, as the case may be, are rules of procedure. The constitutive contract or the articles of association, as well as the rules of pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Approval and exclusion.

Article L125-15

The management body of the collective shop may issue a warning to any member who, through his own actions or those of the persons to whom he has entrusted the operation of his business or undertaking,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Controlled declaration system

Article 96 B

When non-commercial taxpayers generate both non-commercial and commercial income from the same business, all income is aggregated to determine the limit above which the controlled declaration is compu…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article L333-3

In order to guarantee the general interest and the principles of unity and solidarity between professional and amateur activities, the income from the marketing by the league or, where applicable, by…

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