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Showing 27412750 of 26704 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 8 Oct. 2013 – no. 12-24.064

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Customs officers responsible for certain judicial police duties

Article R15-33-12

…rosecutor and letters rogatory from the examining magistrate in the matters mentioned in l'article 28-1.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Personal recovery without compulsory liquidation

Article R741-12-1

Where the provisions of Article L. 714-1, the provisions of the first paragraph of Article R. 733-17-1 shall apply. The letter provided for in this paragraph shall also include the information provide…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Reference perimeter and authorisation for installation within this perimeter

Article R761-12-1

The authorisation application comprises two parts. The first part gives details identifying the applicant, the products whose wholesale is envisaged, the surface areas envisaged by the project as well…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4a: Levy on income from capitalisation bonds or contracts

Article 125-0 A

…y the acquisition price of the bond or contract.For bonds or contracts taken out before 1 January 1983 and, in the case of those taken out from the same date, where the term of the bond or contract is…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of asset freezing orders issued by foreign authorities

Article 695-9-12

Before taking a decision, the investigating judge to whom a freezing request is referred directly shall forward it to the public prosecutor for an opinion. The public prosecutor who receives a freezin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Open-ended inclusion contracts

Article D5132-43-12

The recruitment on an open-ended contract of a person mentioned in article L. 5132-15-1-1 is declared by electronic means, using the teleservice mentioned in article R. 5132-1-19. Where applicable, th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-120-1

In the event of the dismissal of a general manager or the collective dismissal of the members of the board of directors of an entity in the network as referred to in III and IV of Article L. 322-27-2,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article A822-28-12

…whose purpose is the practice of statutory auditing. 07. Engagement: in accordance with article R. 820-1-1 of the French Commercial Code, the term engagement covers: -the statutory audit engagement a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: National Consumer Institute

Article R822-8

…ar action programmes; 4° The rules of procedure of the committee mentioned in a of 1° of Article R. 822-1, as well as on the annual specifications for technical support services to consumer organisati…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Other conditions of access and practice.

Article R512-8

Within a legal entity, the condition of professional competence laid down in articles R. 512-9, R. 512-10 and R. 512-12 applies to the natural persons who are members or third parties who direct or ma…

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