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Showing 36713680 of 20071 articles for Art. Cass. com. 19 octobre 1999 n° 97-16903

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Powers

Article LO6214-6

…graph apply subject to the necessary rights of way, on the date of publication of the loi organique n° 2007-223 du 21 février 2007 portant dispositions statutaires et institutionnelles relatives à l'o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Guarantees and indemnities granted to Board members

Article D7124-30

…icle 1 of decree no. 2001-623 du 12 juillet 2001 pris pour l'application de l'article 7-1 de la loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 et relatif à l'aménagement et à la réduction du temps de travail dans la…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Compensation

Article D7226-30

…icle 1 of decree no. 2001-623 du 12 juillet 2001 pris pour l'application de l'article 7-1 de la loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 et relatif à l'aménagement et à la réduction du temps de travail dans la…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and registration requirements

Article L548-1

Participatory finance intermediation consists of bringing together, by means of a website, the promoters of a given project and the persons financing that project under the following conditions: 1° Le…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-20

The amounts of ancillary own funds items to be taken into account to determine prudential own funds within the meaning of Article L. 351-6 are subject to the prior approval of the Autorité de contrôle…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Filing formalities

Article R512-3

…e class, within the meaning of the classification established by the Locarno Agreement of 8 October 1968. However, this condition does not apply where the filing relates to ornamentation or if it has…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Public land registry service

Article 881 C

…the publication of legal claims mentioned in c of 4° of Article 28 of Decree no. 55-22 of 4 January 1955 as amended reforming land registration, as well as the legal claims, reports and declarations r…

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

Article R356-25-1

…the matter to the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Financial organisation.

Article L6145-1

…ties Code and, where applicable, the annual grants provided for in articles L. 162-22-16, L. 162-22-19, L. 162-23-3 and L. 174-1 of the Social Security Code, as well as the establishment's projected a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Tasks that may be carried out by dispensing pharmacists

Article R5125-33-8

…ued in application of the previous paragraph, or the specific training in vaccination against covid-19 provided under the conditions laid down in application of law no. 2020-546 of 11 May 2020 extendi…

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