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Showing 23112320 of 32005 articles for Art. Cass. com. 15 October 1996 n° 94-18.903 · CA Paris 7 November 2014 n° 12/17749

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Local commissions for liberal professions.

Article R6154-12

…neral of the Regional Health Agency.The commission comprises :1° One member of the Departmental Medical Council, who does not practise in the establishment and has no interest in the management of a p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Approval and exclusion.

Article L125-12

The contract of incorporation or the Articles of Association, as the case may be, may make any transfer of shares subject to the approval of the transferee by the general meeting of the group or by th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Valuation of assets

Article R343-12

…preparation of combined financial statements, referred to in Articles L. 345-2 of this Code, L. 212-7 of the Mutual Code and L. 931-34 of the Social Security Code. One of the bodies may be the company…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Livret A passbook accounts

Article L742-12

The Livret A is distributed by the Office des Postes et Télécommunications under the conditions set out in articles L. 221-2 to L. 221-4, L. 221-6 and L. 221-38. Sums in excess of the ceiling mentione…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1. Transferable securities, company rights and similar securities

Article 150-0 A

…industrial and commercial profits, non-commercial profits and agricultural profits and to Articles 150 UB and 150 UC, net gains from disposals for consideration, made directly, through an intermediar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Framework contract for payment services

Article L314-12

…A framework payment services contract must also be concluded when the payment services mentioned in 7° and 8° of II of article L. 314-1 are provided. II. - The framework contract for payment services…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Summons to court and service of documents

Article A444-12

…n article R. 444-11, which replaces that provided for in Article A. 444-11. The increased rate applicable is then as follows:Number of the service (table 3-1 of article appendix 4-7) Designation of se…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Referral by the court of the priority question of constitutionality to the Cour de cassation

Article 126-5

…onstitutionality involving, on the same grounds, a legislative provision already before the Cour de cassation or the Conseil constitutionnel. If the question is not referred for this reason, the court…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L132-12

Natural persons guilty of the offence punishable under article L. 132-11 are prohibited, for a period of up to five years, from directly or indirectly engaging in commercial activity. Corporate entiti…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Aid schemes established by intergovernmental agreements

Article 711-1

…government of the Federal Republic of Germany on support for film co-production projects, signed in Cannes on 17 May 2001, amended by the agreement in the form of an exchange of letters signed in Pari…

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