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Showing 25212530 of 36260 articles for Art. Cass. com. 19 May 1998

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article R2336-9

…onal centimes collected the penultimate year by the communes under Article 52 of the Organic Law of 19 March 1999 relating to New Caledonia;c) The product of own taxation collected the penultimate yea…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article D45-16

…rst paragraph of article 495-18 and complaints made pursuant to the second paragraph of article 495-19, assess their formal admissibility and compliance with the deposit obligation. If the magistrate…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Use of powers in the public interest

Article L515-6

…rudentiel et de résolution or the body that keeps the register referred to in I of Article L. 512-1 may take appropriate and non-discriminatory measures to penalise irregularities committed in France…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-20-1-A

…o provide services or with a branch in mainland France, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte or Saint-Martin is in breach of the legal or regulatory obligations for which the home state…

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

Article R356-21

…Capital Requirement calculated on the basis of consolidated data in accordance with Article R. 356-19 appropriately reflects the risk profile of the group, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Special rebates

Article 1398

…laid down in the tax procedure book. When crop losses affect a significant part of the commune, the mayor may make a collective claim on behalf of all the taxpayers concerned, which is presented and i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Proposed measures

Article R15-33-40

…es and their legal classification;the nature and quantum of the measures proposed pursuant to 1° to 19° of article 41-2, as well as the time limits within which they must be carried out where one of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Accounting and financial provisions

Article D1611-25

…as accurate by the authorised body, are those provided for in the list mentioned in article D. 1617-19 and appearing in Annex I to this code. When the accounts are presented, only those documents shal…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Designation of a registrant and a correspondent

Article R561-23

…Any manager of a legal entity referred to in Article L. 561-2 or an employee of such a legal entity may take the initiative of making a declaration to the department referred to in Article L. 561-23,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-17

I.-The lessor may refuse to renew the lease without being required to pay any compensation: 1° If he can prove a serious and legitimate reason against the outgoing tenant. However, in the case of eith…

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