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Showing 47014710 of 25610 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 7 Oct. 1997 – no. 95-14.158

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Geolocation

Article D15-1-7

The examining magistrate or the judicial police officer appointed by him or authorised by the public prosecutor may, with a view to installing and removing the technical means referred to in Article 2…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judgment

Article D45-2-7

The person against whom a warrant of committal with deferred effect has been issued shall be informed that if he or she fails, except on legitimate grounds or, in the absence of provisional execution,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for certain investigative measures

Article D47-1-7

For the application of articles 694-25 and 694-26, the practical arrangements for the temporary transfer or transit of a person, including, where appropriate, details of the conditions of detention in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control.

Article D214-32-7

For the purpose of calculating the percentage of voting rights held by the AIF, account is taken, in addition to the voting rights held directly by the AIF, of the voting rights of an undertaking whic…

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

Article D214-80-7

An order of the Minister for the Economy defines the presentation format and specifies the calculation methods for the items mentioned in articles D. 214-80 to D. 214-80-6.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Local investment funds.

Article D214-79-1

…lling less than 5 million euros and if all the private equity funds referred to in articles L. 214-27 et seq. 214-27 et seq. and the professional investment funds referred to in article L. 214-159 man…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6a: The equity savings plan for financing small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies

Article D221-113-7

The provisions of articles 91 quater G to 91 quater K ter of appendix II to the general tax code are applicable to the share savings plan intended for the financing of small and medium-sized companies…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Specialised professional funds.

Article R214-203-7

By way of derogation from articles R. 214-203-5 and R. 214-203-6, specialised professional funds which engage in lending up to 10% of their net assets are subject only to the following conditions:a) L…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to specialised financing bodies

Article D214-240-7

The former specialised finance fund, which retains the assets whose disposal would not be in the interests of investors pursuant to Article L. 214-190-3-1, and the new specialised finance fund have th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Employment contract.

Article L7121-7-1

Employers falling within the scope of application of the one-stop shop set out in article L. 7122-22 must, in the absence of contractual provisions specific to performing artists and technicians in re…

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