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Showing 18911900 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 Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article R511-17

…prudentiel et de résolution has decided that the credit institution or finance company is of significant importance in view of its internal organisation or the nature, scale and complexity of its acti…

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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 R561-20-5

…of the persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 whose parent undertakings or registered offices are located in a State or territory mentioned in 3° of Article L. 561-10; 5° Without prejudice to the meas…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Technical capacity of points of entry into France

Article R3115-20-1

I. - The medical services mentioned in the fourth paragraph of article L. 3115-8 and in the second paragraph of article L. 3115-9 contribute to the primary care services defined in article L. 1411-11.…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recommendations sent to subscribers

Article R331-17

The Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numérique shall inform the person whose activity is to offer access to online public communication services of the suspension sentence i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-17

…characteristics have changed and for which the definition of a bathing water set out in article L. 1332-2 no longer applies may be excluded from this list, provided that justification is given. The i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedure before the liberty and custody judge

Article R3211-13

…date, time and place of the hearing.The court clerk will immediately summon, by any means, in their capacity as parties to the proceedings:1° The applicant and his lawyer, if he has one ;2° The person…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article D112-17

…he institution and has authority over all staff assigned to the institution or made available to it;7° Represents the institution in legal proceedings and in all civil acts;8° Is responsible for the a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Tax fines

Article 1770 duodecies

If a person liable for value added tax fails to prove, by producing the attestation or certificate provided for in 3° bis of I of Article 286, that the cash register software or systems that it holds…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Foreign investment subject to prior authorisation

Article R734-13

…eft-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D3661-17

…red to investment;6° Presentation of the method of financing operations on behalf of third parties ;7° Presentation of commitments given and received;8° Presentation of the use of revenue subject to s…

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