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Showing 96919700 of 27005 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 6 Dec. 1994

French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Board of Directors.

Article R411-15

…Minister for the Budget and the Minister for Tourism in application ofarticle 79 of law no. 2001-1276 on the amending finance law for 2001, including the possible allocation of financial assistance to…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Procedure with negotiation

Article R2124-3

…ation or a technical reference system, as defined in Section 2 of Chapter I of Title I of this Book;6° Where, in the context of a call for tenders, only irregular or unacceptable tenders, within the m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares

Article L22-10-59

…oyees with knowledge of inside information, within the meaning of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Solvency assessment

Article L313-16

…ed for in article L. 751-1, under the conditions set out in the order referred to in article L. 751-6. On completion of the creditworthiness check, the creditor informs the borrower as soon as possibl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article 530

…ticle 529-2, in the second paragraph of Article 529-5 or the second paragraph of III of Article 529-6 is enforced in accordance with the rules laid down by this Code for the enforcement of police judg…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article L612-17

…d by professional secrecy under the conditions and subject to the penalties laid down in Article L. 641-1. II. - This secrecy may not be invoked against1° To the judicial authority acting in the conte…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Beverages.

Article L3351-7

Infringements of the provisions of articles L. 3323-2, L. 3323-4 to L. 3323-6, relating to the advertising of alcoholic beverages, are punishable by a fine of 75,000 euros. The maximum fine may be inc…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Governance of the plan

Article R144-14

…provisions of II of article R. 144-19 if the thresholds defined in II of that article are exceeded; 6° Drafts proposals for amendments to the plan; 7° Proposes the renewal or change of insurance under…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article L824-13

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Tax base

Article 1468 bis

…sions relating to the business property tax, with the exception of those provided for in Articles 1465 to 1465 B, the extension of an establishment means the net increase in the tax base compared with…

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