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Showing 92019210 of 26704 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 8 Oct. 2013 – no. 12-24.064

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Tasks and scope of application

Article L612-2

…owing personsa) Investment firms and branches of third-country firms referred to in Article L. 532-48 ; b) Market undertakings;c) Members of clearing houses other than the persons mentioned in Article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation for creation, removal, modification or transfer

Article R5126-28

…ources available to the internal-use pharmacy, in accordance with the provisions of article R. 5126-8 and, on the other hand, taking into account the supply of health services and the needs of the reg…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment terms

Article L441-11

…after the date of delivery; b) Or, in the case of a periodic invoice within the meaning of Article 289(I)(3) of the General Tax Code, thirty days after the end of the ten-day delivery period; The peri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Monitoring and penalties

Article L1333-31

…L. 171-8 of the Environment Code, the Nuclear Safety Authority may temporarily o…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY

Article R592-3

…the words: "within the territory of Saint-Barthélemy"; 3° In the second paragraph of Article R. 521-8, the word: "other" is deleted; 4° In Article R. 521-9, the words: ", or when their fingerprints ta…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Obtaining a residence permit

Article L433-7

Subject to the exceptions provided for in article L. 426-18, a foreign national residing in France on a long-stay visa as defined in 2° of article L. 411-1, a temporary residence permit or a multi-ann…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Multiannual regional plan for risk management and healthcare system efficiency

Article R1434-26

…ational plan for risk management and efficiency of the healthcare system provided for inarticle L. 182-2-1-1 of the Social Security Code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia.

Article L940-1

…ia: 1° Book I, with the exception of articles L. 124-1 to L. 126-1, L. 145-34 to L. 145-36, L. 145-38 and L. 145-39 ; 2° Book II, with the exception of articles L. 225-219 to L. 225-223, L. 252-1 to L…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: National gendarmerie units

Article R15-23

…pelotons de sûreté maritime et portuaire militaires, le peloton de gendarmerie maritime de Paris ; 8° Les brigades de la gendarmerie de l'armement ; 9° Les pelotons de gendarmerie de montagne ou de h…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L763-3

…ght-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 420-1 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 420-2 Order 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 420-3 to L. 420-5 Order no.…

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