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Showing 52815290 of 24570 articles for Art. Cass. com. 18 June 1996 · Cass. com. 11 February 1992 · Cass. com. 28 June 1994

French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
TITLE VI: PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SHAREHOLDING OF AIR TRANSPORT COMPANIES.

Article L360-2

…nge in its effective control, within the meaning of Council Regulation (EEC) no. 2407/92 of 23 July 1992 on licensing of air carriers, annexed to this code, it shall inform the Minister responsible fo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General provisions

Article L764-2

…019-1067 of 21 October 2019 II.-For the application of I: 1° References to Regulation (EU) No. 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017 are replaced by references to Articles L. 712-7 and L. 712-9; 2° In IV of Artic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General provisions

Article L762-2

…019-1067 of 21 October 2019 II.-For the application of I: 1° References to Regulation (EU) No. 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017 are replaced by references to Articles L. 712-7 and L. 712-9; 2° In IV of Artic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General provisions

Article L763-2

…019-1067 of 21 October 2019 II.-For the application of I: 1° References to Regulation (EU) No. 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017 are replaced by references to Articles L. 712-7 and L. 712-9; 2° In IV of Artic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article A38-5-2

In application of 11° of Article 4 of Decree no. 2009-707 of 16 June 2009 as amended relating to the decentralised departments of the Directorate-General of Public Finance and by derogation from Artic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial instruments

Article L743-1

…ted in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL. 211-1 Ordinance no. 2016-520 of 28 April 2016 L. 211-2 Order no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 211-3…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial instruments

Article L742-1

…d in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articlesIn their wording resulting fromL. 211-1 Ordinance no. 2016-520 of 28 April 2016 L. 211-2 Order no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 211-3…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Disciplinary proceedings before the Enforcement Committee

Article R232-95

…of the Board or the agent of the Agency appointed pursuant to the last paragraph of Article R. 232-11 may attend the hearing and present observations. Where appropriate, the member of the Board may b…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Wanted persons file

Article 230-19

…te paragraph of this article; 3° Prohibitions imposed pursuant to the provisions of 1°, 2°, 3°, 6°, 11°, 12°, 13° and 14° of Article 131-6 of the Penal Code relating to alternatives to imprisonment ;…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Consumer credit

Article D351-1

…312-8, D. 312-15 to D. 312-19 and D. 312-21 to D. 312-25 Resulting from Decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016 D. 312-26 Resulting from Decree no. 2018-229 of 30 March 2018 on the dematerialisation of…

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