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Showing 19011910 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
Chapter III: Operation

Article 133-9

…he Chairman and where there is a Vice-Chairman, the latter shall chair the meeting and shall have a casting vote in the event of a tie.In the same case and where there is no Vice-Chairman, the members…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Changes relating to powers.

Article L5211-17-2

…ditions set out in the second to fifth paragraphs and in the last two paragraphs of article L. 5211-17. The deliberations mentioned in the second paragraph of the same article L. 5211-17 define, accor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-139

…the authorisation holder, the name of the company or the name of the organisation which, where applicable, provides the facilities and the address of the place of preparation; 5° The species of destin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability

Article L526-17

…register to which the individual limited liability entrepreneur belongs pursuant to article L. 526-7 and is subject to publicity. The transfer may not be relied upon as against third parties until th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
14°: Mutual funds

Article 137 bis

I. The sums or securities distributed by a mutual fund, excluding the distributions mentioned in 7 and 7a of II of article 150-0 A and the allocation of mutual fund units received as part of a demerge…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to companies established in France

Article R123-13

…ions for which the information is not entered in the National Register of Companies and, where applicable, documents relating to authorisation procedures, are kept for the periods necessary for the tr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial services of the Office des postes et télécommunications

Article R733-13

Articles R. 733-6, R. 733-7, R. 733-9 to R. 733-11, R. 733-17 and R. 774-39 are applicable to the financial services of the Office des postes et télécommunications de Polynésie française.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial services of the Office des postes et télécommunications

Article R732-13

Articles R. 732-6, R. 732-7, R. 732-9 to R. 732-11, R. 732-17 and R. 773-39 are applicable to the financial services of the Office des postes et télécommunications de Nouvelle-Calédonie.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Changes relating to powers.

Article L5211-17

…peration. The municipal council of each member municipality has three months from the date of notification to the mayor of the municipality of the decision of the deliberative body of the public inter…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Buildings financed by state-subsidised loans

Article 1384 C

…u code de la construction et de l'habitation or by means of financing provided for in l'article R. 372-1 of the same code, are exempt from property tax on built-up properties for a period of fifteen y…

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