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Showing 47014710 of 20747 articles for Art. Cass. com. 18 décembre 2001 n° 98-17320

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Corporate mutual funds governed by article L. 214-165-1

Article R214-214-5

…that the fund may invest up to 10% of its assets in the assets mentioned in II of article R. 214-32-18 and in article R. 214-32-19 of this code, except in the case of a fund set up to manage securitie…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets.

Article D1872-1

…later than two and a half months after their creation. "V. - For the application of Article R. 1612-18, the words: "the President of the General Council, the President of the Regional Council" are del…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 3-2-3 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 321-6)

Article Annexe 3-2-3

…nch Commercial Code and declares that he/she is aware of the following provisions of article R. 321-18 applicable in this case:Subject to the provisions of article R. 321-65, no person may conduct vol…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Coordination between the treatment of over-indebtedness and the procedure for establishing that a lease has been terminated

Article L714-1

…rticle 24 of Law No. 89-462 of 6 July 1989 aimed at improving rental relations and amending the loi n° 86-1290 du 23 décembre 1986, the commission imposes new deadlines and payment terms for this debt…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: National equalisation grant.

Article L2334-14-1

…ources of the national business tax equalisation fund and the national equalisation fund and Decree n° 85-1314 du 11 décembre 1985 relatif aux modalités de répartition des ressources du fonds national…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Issuance of Bulletin No. 2 of the Criminal Record

Article R79

…or the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons and the National Court for the Right of Asylum; 18° To the public administrations of the State responsible for investigating procedures for change o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment terms

Article L441-11

I.-The professionals in a sector, customers and suppliers, may jointly decide to reduce the maximum payment period set in the second, third and fourth paragraphs of I of Article L. 441-10. They may al…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-3

…tract are not achieved;13° The existence of the right of withdrawal provided for in Articles L. 221-18 et L. 221-20;14° The terms and conditions of termination of the contract;15° The possibility of r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pay slip

Article R3243-1

…of hours compensated; b) The rate applied to calculate the indemnity referred to in article R. 5122-18; c) The sums paid to the employee for the period in question.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation and administration

Article R6133-26

…ngs and their allocation, as well as the terms and conditions of leases of more than eighteen years;18° The extension or dissolution of the grouping and the measures necessary for its liquidation;19°…

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