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Showing 91100 of 32005 articles for Art. Cass. com. 15 October 1996 n° 94-18.903 · CA Paris 7 November 2014 n° 12/17749

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Risk Committees

Article L511-94

…her body exercising equivalent supervisory functions an action plan to remedy the situation. In the case of a branch of a credit institution mentioned in I of Article L. 511-10, where the prices of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L228-94

…securities of another company of which it does not directly or indirectly own more than half of the capital or of which more than half of the capital is not directly or indirectly owned by that other…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Seizures of certain intangible movable property or intangible movable rights

Article 706-156

…ancial instruments or other intangible assets or rights shall be notified to the issuer. Where applicable, the financial intermediary mentioned in 2° to 7° of Article L. 542-1 of the Monetary and Fina…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Procedure in the event of an appeal

Article 712-15

The orders and judgments mentioned in articles 712-12 and 712-13 may, within five days of their notification, be the subject of an appeal in cassation, which does not have suspensive effect.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-15

…travail if the speciality no longer satisfies the conditions of the authorisation. Except in urgent cases, these decisions to suspend or withdraw authorisation are taken only after the authorisation h…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions common to corporate officers of sociétés anonymes.

Article L225-94

…at may be held simultaneously by the same natural person, pursuant to articles L. 225-21 and L. 225-77, is applicable to the accumulation of seats as director and member of the supervisory board. For…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation of fire and rescue services in Alsace

Article L1424-94

…nicipalities and the public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation. The number of seats allocated to the European Collectivity of Alsace may not be less than three-fifths of the total number o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Subscription of shares

Article L214-94

The subscription price of the units is determined on the basis of the reconstitution value defined in article L. 214-109. Any difference between the subscription price and the reconstitution value of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 11: Account overdrafts

Article L312-94

The provisions of articles L. 312-27, L. 312-92 and L. 312-93 apply to credit granted in the form of an overrun referred to in 11° of Article L. 311-1.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the issuing of a European protection order by the French authorities

Article 696-94

…ansmitted for enforcement to another Member State pursuant to articles 696-48 to 696-65 or articles 764-1 to 764-17 may not give rise to the issue in France of a European protection order.

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