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Showing 24612470 of 20626 articles for Art. Cass. com. 14 November 2018

French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1794

…ences relating to stills and still portions;2° Offences relating to the fifth paragraph of Article 314 relating to distillery meters ;3° Infringements concerning harvest, production and stock declarat…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: "Socio-educational or cultural activities" speciality

Article A212-48

…popular education and sport mentioned in article D. 212-35 is set out in the relevant order of 20 November 2006.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: The guarantee fund for victims of terrorism and other offences.

Article R422-10

…d Futuna Islands, French Polynesia and New Caledonia, in the version resulting from Decree no. 2020-1452 of 27 November 2020.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Accounting

Article D4425-45

…od of payment of the expenditure in accordance with the conditions set out in Decree 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management..

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 3: Dismissal of a statement of appeal without a hearing

Article R743-16

The decision declaring the appeal inadmissible in the case provided for in article R. 743-14 or rejecting the statement of appeal in the case provided for in article R. 743-15 shall be handed down by…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Unrestricted hearing and police custody

Article D15-5-7

…gal protection measure, in order to implement the provisions of Article 706-112-1 and Article D. 47-14. The same applies in the event of the detention of a person pursuant to articles 133-1,141-4,709-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-13

…may only become a partner after having been approved under the conditions set out in Article L. 223-14. On pain of nullity of the clause, the time limits granted to the company to decide on approval m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Supervision on a consolidated basis by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and college of supervisors

Article L613-20-6-1

…an application for approval or exemption from approval referred to in Articles L. 517-13 and L. 517-14 from a financial holding company or mixed financial holding company established in another Member…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Articles of association, share capital, shares.

Article R4113-35

…isions that must be included in the Articles of Association underarticle 11 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies, and those that may be included under a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Prescription and orders for professional use.

Article R5132-3-1

…wing cases: a) This proprietary medicinal product is one of the medicinal products mentioned in 6°, 14° and 15° of article L. 5121-1, Article L. 5121-3 and points a and d of point 1 of Article 2 of Re…

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