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Showing 18311840 of 58756 articles for Art. Cass. com. 19 June 1984 · CA Paris 2 March 1984 · Cass. com. 2 May 1972 · Cass. civ. 9 May 1962

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article D621-29-1

…31 December of the previous year. The amount of the contribution referred to in IIa of Article L. 621-5-3 is set at 20,000 euros when the issuer's market capitalisation is less than 2 billion euros a…

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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 R532-28-2

The identification of the author of an appeal or brief, in accordance with the procedures laid down by the order referred to in Article R. 414-3 of the Code of Administrative Justice, is equivalent to…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Audiovisual production contract

Article L132-25-2

…II of Book III of this Part, the professional organisations representing producers and, where applicable, the organisations representing other sectors of activity set out the methods for determining…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Investor information

Article L214-23-2

…the economy shall determine the list of information referred to in this I which is made public and may be relied upon by third parties and, among this list, the information whose provision or dissemi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions specific to the Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L632-11-2

Notwithstanding Act 68-678 of 26 July 1968 on the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural or legal persons, the Autorité des…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-19-4

…siotherapists. Until such time, registration is decided by the representative of the State in the local authority. II - The procedures for electing and running the territorial council of the Ordre des…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Société d'exercice libéral de pharmaciens d'officine.

Article R5125-19-1

Registration of the company in the Trade and Companies Register is governed by articles R. 123-31 et seq. of the Commercial Code, subject to the following provisions. The joint representative appointe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors

Article L1424-24-2

…cted by the departmental council from among its members within four months of its renewal. Lists of candidates must be composed alternately of one candidate of each sex. The list with the most votes i…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 8: Transfer and extinction of mortgages

Article 2474

…ages are extinguished in particular:1° By the extinction of the principal obligation subject to the case provided for in Article 2422;2° By the creditor's renunciation of the mortgage subject to the s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security detention and surveillance

Article 706-53-19

…isks of committing the offences mentioned in article 706-53-13, the regional secure detention court may, by the same decision and after an adversarial hearing during which the person is assisted by a…

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