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Showing 98219830 of 26704 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 8 Oct. 2013 – no. 12-24.064

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions and procedures for authorisation of investment service providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L532-3-2

…dentiel et de résolution also has the power to oppose, in accordance with the provisions of Article 8(14) and Article 19 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Approval

Article L532-9-2

…é des marchés financiers also has the power to oppose, in accordance with the provisions of Article 8(14) and Article 19 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: List of reference works

Article 311-30

…ditions laid down in 1° or 2° of Article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Beneficiaries of an activity-based integration contract

Article R5425-9

…ed in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Integration through economic activity

Article R5522-91

…ritories may set a specific amount of financial aid for Mayotte as provided for in articles R. 5132-8, R. 5132-10-13, D. 5132-34 and R. 5132-37. Each year, a joint order by the Ministers for the Budge…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules governing the devolution of surnames and customary names

Article 311-23

When filiation is established in respect of only one parent, the child takes that parent's name.When the second parent-child relationship is established and then during the child's minority, the paren…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Judicial supervision, house arrest and pre-trial detention

Article 137-3

…agraph of article 142-5 and in Article 142-12-1, or the electronic device provided for in Article 138-3, where this measure may be ordered in view of the nature of the offences charged. In all cases,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° sexies : Tax reduction for expenses relating to the conservation or restoration of movable objects classified as historical monuments

Article 199 duovicies

…d for at least five years thereafter, exhibited to the public.III. - The tax reduction is equal to 18% of the sums actually paid and remaining payable by the owner, subject to an annual limit of €20,0…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L2123-14

Travel, subsistence and teaching expenses are eligible for reimbursement.Losses of income suffered by the elected member as a result of exercising his right to training under this section are compensa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-14

Any person who, as the victim of theft, fraud, breach of trust, extortion or the destruction, damage or deterioration of property belonging to him or her, is unable to obtain effective and adequate re…

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