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Showing 17211730 of 33394 articles for Art. Cass. com. 20 June 1995 · Cass. 3e civ. 7 April 2004 · Cass. com. 13 December 1994 · CA Paris 17 September 2013

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-17

…ssment is based in particular on the following criteria: 1° The demographics and sociology of the local population; 2° The cinematographic environment; 3° The entertainment policy pursued by the exhib…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to all financing bodies

Article L214-172

…the said receivables. However, at any time, all or part of the recovery of these receivables may be carried out directly by the management company in its capacity as legal representative of the entity…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Stock options.

Article L225-177

…ary General Meeting, acting on the report of the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, and on the special report of the Statutory Auditors, if any, may authorise the Board of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Foreign nationals authorised to reside in France under family reunification arrangements

Article L423-17

…period of three years following authorisation to reside in France for the purposes of family reunification, be withdrawn or refused renewal.Where the breakdown in cohabitation occurred prior to the ap…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-17

…t of a movement or organisation whose purpose or effect is to create, maintain or exploit psychological or physical subjection, exercise the rights conferred on a civil party in respect of offences ag…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Ingredients and emissions

Article L3512-17

…mation relating in particular to the status of the ingredients with regard to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of 18 December 2006 and Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of 16 December 2008, toxicological data…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Honorary professional journalist identity card

Article R7111-17

The honorary professional journalist's identity card may be cancelled in accordance with the procedure set out in articles R. 7111-12 and R. 7111-13 if the holder resumes work in the profession or if…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Obligations where there is a high risk of money laundering or terrorist financing

Article R561-20-3

…of Article L. 561-2 shall take measures to determine whether the beneficiaries of life insurance or capitalisation contracts and, where applicable, their beneficial owners, are persons mentioned in 1°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Dematerialised service

Article R5132-1-20

I.-Insofar as they are strictly necessary for the purposes mentioned in article R. 5132-1-19, data belonging to the following categories: 1° Data identifying the beneficiary of a pathway; 2° Data rela…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer of ownership

Article L211-17

…utorité des marchés financiers shall specify the specific procedures for transfer of ownership applicable in the case provided for in this paragraph.III. - When transactions in financial securities ar…

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