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Showing 341350 of 44559 articles for Art. Cass. com. 19 November 2002 · Cass. com. 5 May 2004

French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Performance of the credit agreement

Article D312-19

When the lessor does not require the contract to be terminated, he may ask the defaulting lessee for compensation equal to 8% of the unpaid due instalments.However, if the lessor accepts deferrals of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
8: Provisions specific to registration duty, land registration tax, the property security contribution, stamp duty and the special tax on insurance policies

Article 1965 C

…the overpayment is reimbursed, upon request submitted within the period provided for in Article R. 196-1 of the Book of Tax Procedures and on the representation of the birth certificate, if the birth…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-19

The managers and employees of the persons mentioned in 1° to 7°c of Article L. 561-2 may disclose to the judicial authority or to officers of the judicial police acting under delegation that informati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Meetings of the departmental commercial development commission

Article R752-19

…r by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, or, in the case provided for in Article R. 752-8, by e-mail;2° Published in the prefecture's recueil des actes administratifs.Within the same ti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement and services of the statutory auditor

Article R823-19

…ariat of the restricted formation by simple letter.On receipt of the summons to appear, the parties may acquaint themselves with the case file. They may be assisted or represented by a lawyer. The par…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Apprenticeship programme authorisation procedure

Article R1161-19

…es, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may suspend the authorisation for a period of three months.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-19

Assets and liabilities must be valued separately. No offsetting may be made between asset and liability items in the balance sheet or between expense and income items in the income statement, except i…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial organisation

Article R114-19

…udget has not been adopted before 1 January of the financial year to which it applies, the Director may, until the adoption of this budget, recover revenue and commit operating expenditure within the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Complaints

Article L4163-19

…referred to in Article L. 4163-16. A decree shall determine the conditions under which the employee may be assisted or represented.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Professional undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article D214-195

Professional undertakings for collective real estate investment may change their currency unit from one financial year to another. This change may only be made on the opening date of a financial year.…

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