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Showing 47114720 of 35823 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 28 May 2002 – no. 00-16.857

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Specialised credit institutions

Article L773-9

…ght-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 513-1 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 513-2 to L. 513-4 with the exception of 1 of I, L. 513-6 to L. 513-1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Specialised credit institutions

Article L774-9

…ght-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 513-1 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 513-2 to L. 513-4 with the exception of 1 of I, L. 513-6 to L. 513-1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specialised credit institutions

Article L775-8

…ght-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 513-1 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 513-2 to L. 513-4 with the exception of I.1, L. 513-6 to L. 513-11 O…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: European professional card for mountain guides

Article R212-94-2

…two months of receiving the opinion of the Minister for Sports, the Prefect of the Isère department may decide, in the light of the supporting documents produced :1° To issue the European professional…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Approval of organised adapted holidays.

Article R412-11

…the holiday at the holiday destination have not been convicted of any offence recorded in bulletin no. 3 of the criminal record; 3° The model questionnaire sent to the person or their legal represent…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Investment certificates.

Article L228-30

…ng of a société par actions, or in companies which do not have one, the body which takes its place, may decide, on the basis of the report of the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the cas…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative composition

Article R232-88

…cts and evidence on which this presumption is based; 3° Where applicable, that the interested party may request, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, within five days of receipt, that…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L2333-2

I.-It is instituted for the benefit of the communes or, as the case may be, of the public establishments for inter-communal cooperation or of the départements which are substituted for them by virtue…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Management Board

Article L6143-7-5

…e. In the event of disagreement, established under conditions laid down by regulation, the Director may request a new list; in the event of further disagreement, he appoints this member after receivin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Establishment of criminal record cards

Article R70

The records in the automated national criminal record are deleted in the following cases: 1° Upon the death of the holder of the record, established in particular by the entry made in the civil status…

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