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Showing 64816490 of 34398 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 4 Dec. 2007 – no. 06-15.137

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Aid to establishments retailing new books

Article R1511-43-3

The agreement concluded pursuant to article L. 2251-5 shall set out: 1° The purpose and objectives of the aid; 2° The amount and terms of the aid and, where applicable, the conditions under which the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Direct referral to the Commission nationale d'aménagement commercial (National Commission for Commercial Development)

Article R752-43-1

The opinion or decision of the Commission nationale d'aménagement commercial shall mention, where applicable, the option for the petitioner to apply directly to the Commission for a new authorisation…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-3

I.-The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may order a person referred to in 1°, 4°, 9° and 10° of A of I of Article L. 612-2, a class 1 bis investment firm or, with the exception of firm…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article D214-232-4

The liquid assets referred to in a of 1° of Article R. 214-218 eligible for inclusion in the assets of the securitisation undertaking are : 1° Deposits made with a credit institution whose registered…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Lists of candidates and individual applications

Article D1441-22-4

…birth and in use, forenames, sex ; 2° Date, municipality and country of birth; 3° His nationality; 4° Current or former employee representative status; 5° His personal or professional postal and e-ma…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R*441-13

The collective operations defined in article R. 441-4 give rise to the conclusion of agreements between the insurance undertaking and an intermediary within the meaning of article L. 511-1, acting on…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Family crèches

Article R2324-48-3

For the implementation of the provisions of article R. 2324-41, the manager of a family crèche must comply with the following minimum requirements: 1° Small family crèches: no obligation; 2° Family cr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Group crèches

Article R2324-46-2

…ng children's health, the manager of a group crèche or day nursery mentioned in 1° of article R. 2324-17 must comply with the following minimum intervention times: 1° Micro-crèche: 10 hours per year,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIV - GEOLOCALISATION

Article R53-40-2

The separate file authorised by the liberty and custody judge includes the documents he lists, the investigating judge's request, the public prosecutor's opinion and, where applicable, the investigato…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 63-4-2

…order to allow him/her to speak with his/her lawyer under the conditions provided for in Article 63-4 and for the lawyer to examine the documents provided for in l'article 63-4-1. If the person in pol…

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