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Showing 27812790 of 21510 articles for Art. Cass. com. 12 July 2005

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Payment services

Article L754-8

…n the wording resulting from L. 314-1 Order no. 2017-1433 of 4 October 2017 L. 314-2 Order no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 314-3 and L. 314-4 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 314-5 law no. 2018…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : The Regional Economic and Social Council

Article D4134-32

…me set in article 1 of decree no. 2000-815 of 25 August 2000 or article 1 of decree no. 2001-623 of 12 July 2001 or article 1 of decree no. 2002-9 of 4 January 2002. However, where there is a derogati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Terms and conditions of self-employed practice.

Article R4322-89

…or more freelance chiropodists, in accordance with the conditions laid down inArticle 18 of Law No 2005-882 of 2 August 2005 in favour of small and medium-sized enterprises. Each of the chiropodists…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 6: Dissolution

Article L5842-30

…on of Article L. 5216-10:1° In the first paragraph the words: "the publication of law no. 99-586 of 12 July 1999 relating to the strengthening and simplification of inter-communal cooperation, the per…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Youth employment contract

Article R5131-24

…ceived as part of the voluntary military service referred to inarticle 32 of law no. 2018-607 of 13 July 2018 relating to military programming for the years 2019 to 2025 and containing various provisi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Establishment in France of persons authorised to conduct voluntary sales of movable property by public auction in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article A321-28

…tion held by the applicant in accordance with the classification set out in Article 11 of Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 as amended on the recog…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Withdrawal of sentence reductions in the event of non-compliance with obligations

Article D147-41

…rcement judge, including in the case of a person convicted of offences committed before 14 December 2005 and for whom judicial supervision has been ordered by the sentence enforcement court.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Combating the international spread of diseases in New Caledonia

Article R3845-2

…oint may delegate some of its tasks mentioned in Article 4 of the International Health Regulations (2005) to a local focal point in New Caledonia, under the conditions laid down in the agreement provi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Combating the international spread of diseases in French Polynesia

Article R3845-4

…oint may delegate some of its tasks mentioned in Article 4 of the International Health Regulations (2005) to a local focal point in French Polynesia, under the conditions set out in the agreement prov…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Electronic money institutions

Article L775-20

…4 of 27 June 2013 L. 526-6 Law no. 2013-100 of 28 January 2013 L. 526-7 to L. 526-10 Order no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 526-11 Act no. 2016-1321 of 7 October 2016 L. 526-12 Act no. 2018-700 of 3…

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