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Showing 20112020 of 26908 articles for Art. Cass. com. 18-10-2016 n° 14-27.212

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Control

Article R752-44-18

For the application of the provisions of article L. 752-5-1 and of II of article L. 752-23, the Prefect may appoint officials authorised for this purpose by the Minister for the Economy to carry out i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures

Article L621-14

I. - In the event of the breaches referred to in II of Article L. 621-15, the AMF Board may publish a statement specifying the identity of the natural person or legal entity in question and the nature…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to safeguard procedures, receivership, compulsory liquidation and conciliation procedures applicable to credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms.

Article R613-14

I. - Before a decision is taken on the opening of safeguard, reorganisation or liquidation proceedings instituted by Book VI of the Commercial Code in respect of a credit institution, finance company,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Implementation of the legal conformity guarantee

Article L217-14

The consumer is entitled to a reduction in the price of the goods or to rescission of the contract in the following cases: 1° Where the trader refuses to bring the goods into conformity; 2° If complia…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 141-2

If the person under investigation voluntarily evades the obligations of judicial supervision, the examining magistrate may issue an arrest warrant or a warrant to bring him or her to trial. The invest…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations of undivided co-owners.

Article 815-14

An undivided co-owner who intends to transfer, for valuable consideration, all or part of his rights in the undivided property or in one or more of these properties to a person outside the joint owner…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article D2311-14

For the application of Article L. 2311-6, when the investment section of the budget shows a surplus, the following may be taken back to the operating section:- the proceeds from the sale of a fixed as…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 15: Hospitalisation at home activity

Article R6123-140

I.-The holder of the hospital at home authorisation contributes to the assessment and orientation of the patient. If necessary, they provide psychosocial care and therapeutic patient education. It is…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-18

I. - The eligible financial securities and money market instruments referred to in I of article L. 214-24-55 are :1° Either eligible financial securities and money market instruments admitted to tradi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1466 F

I. - Unless otherwise decided by the municipality or the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax system in accordance with the conditions set out in I of l'article 1639 A…

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