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Showing 13911400 of 18298 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 28 Oct. 1986

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-48

…no more than 10% in securities or rights of a single entity mentioned in 2° of II of Article L. 214-28 which is not covered by the other provisions of Article L. 214-28, Article L. 214-30 or Article L…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-66

…no more than 10% in securities or rights of a single entity mentioned in 2° of II of Article L. 214-28 which is not subject to the other provisions of Article L. 214-28, Article L. 214-30 or Article L…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Nationals of a Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area wishing to practise within the framework of the provision of services

Article R222-29

The declaration referred to in article R. 222-28 shall be sent to the sports agents' commission of the relevant delegated federation at least one month before the start of the exercise in France.The d…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Liquidation of the debtor's assets

Article R742-34

No later than the fifth working day following the filing of the conditions of sale, the liquidator notifies the parties of the date of the auction hearing by bailiff's deed. The date is set, at the li…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Remuneration of members of boards and delegations

Article D4233-29

…of a delegation of the Order, who are not entitled to the allowance provided for in article D. 4233-28, may receive an allowance for participation in the work of the Order when they sit or participate…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Relations with the partner health care organisation

Article R6323-29

…are; 5° The conditions for scheduling the pre-anaesthetic consultation mentioned in article R. 6123-28 ; 6° The financial relations between the two structures. As soon as it is signed, the agreement i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Common provisions (R)

Article D1612-5

…taxe professionnelle en application du IV et IV bis de Article 6 of Law no. 86-1317 of 30 December 1986, as amended, on the initial finance law for 1987; 2° bis The estimated amount of compensation p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Common provisions (R)

Article D1612-1

…e professionnelle en application du IV et IV bis de l'article 6 de la loi n° 86-1317 du 30 décembre 1986 modifiée portant loi de finances initiales pour 1987 ; 3° The estimated amount of compensation…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Combating mirror sites

Article L331-33

…for an opinion, by a person benefiting from one of the exceptions mentioned in 2° of Article L. 331-28 or by the approved legal entity representing it, on any question relating to the effective implem…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: REFUGEE STATUS

Article L511-2

…e grounds for persecution, within the meaning of Section A of Article 1 of the Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951, shall be assessed under the conditions laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 9 an…

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