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Showing 671680 of 24570 articles for Art. Cass. com. 18 June 1996 · Cass. com. 11 February 1992 · Cass. com. 28 June 1994

French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-28

…rners of the ring are protected by the usual protections. 2. The athletes Athletes must be at least 18 years old on the date of the bout. The athletes must be of an equivalent technical and sporting l…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3a: Provisions relating to electronic communication using the application referred to in Article R. 414-1 of the Code of Administrative Justice

Article R532-28-3

…application and transmitted by the representative in the application referred to in Article R. 532-28-1 must be transmitted in a separate file, failing which the appeal will be inadmissible. This obl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-28-2

…or the Executive Chairmen, the report relating to the tax on profits provided for in Article L. 233-28-1. The first paragraph also applies to any commercial company which is controlled, within the mea…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special provisions for securitisation funds

Article L214-181

…t or are offered to the public and a document is to be drawn up pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017, the management company shall draw up this document.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-28-1

The rules set out in articles R. 356-26 and R. 356-27 cease to apply to the subsidiaries referred to in II of article R. 356-24 in the following cases: a) The condition referred to in a of II of artic…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-12

…om the rights of pre-emption and substitution provided for by the articles 815-14 to 815-16 and 815-18 of this code. The agreement is deemed to have been concluded for an indefinite period when, for a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles

Article A212-181

…rsons who have declared their activity in accordance with the provisions of the Order of 12 January 1994 retain the benefit of this declaration for the three-year period initially provided for in arti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Approval and exclusion.

Article L125-18

…management, as the case may be, may invoke the provisions of the second paragraph of article L. 124-11.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Requirements for experience or work placements in addition to the master's degree referred to in article L. 811-5

Article R811-28-3

…by the trainee of all the legal and management acts mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 811-28-2; it also includes the assessments of the quality of his work by the training supervisor and…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 6: Foreign nationals exempt from applying for a residence permit

Article R431-18

Foreign nationals mentioned in 6° to 11° and 13° to 18° of article R. 431-16 who wish to remain in France beyond the time limits mentioned in the same article apply for a temporary residence permit or…

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