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Showing 15011510 of 31208 articles for Art. Cass. com. 21-6-2017 n° 15-17.059

French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
CHAPTER II: MORTGAGES AND LIENS ON AIRCRAFT.

Article L122-15

The privileges mentioned in the previous article relate to the aircraft or to the insurance indemnity mentioned in article L. 122-6. They follow the aircraft in whichever hand it passes.They are extin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: The mayor and deputy mayors

Article L2122-15

The resignation of the mayor or a deputy mayor is sent to the representative of the State in the department. It is definitive as from its acceptance by the representative of the State in the departmen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative authorisation.

Article R5142-15

The suspension, which may not exceed one year, and the withdrawal of the authorisation to open, provided for in article L. 5142-2, are decided by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécuri…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Seizures of certain intangible movable property or intangible movable rights

Article 706-153

During the investigation in flagrante delicto or the preliminary investigation, the liberty and custody judge, at the request of the public prosecutor, may order by reasoned decision the seizure, at t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Direct marketing of banking and financial services.

Article D341-15

The rights of access and rectification provided for respectively in articles 39 and 40 of the aforementioned Act of 6 January 1978 may be exercised with the Banque de France and the persons having app…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Avoidance of conflicts of interest

Article R7123-15

For the application of Article L. 7123-15 and as part of the monitoring of its activity, the modelling agency shall inform each model, each user and the regional directorate for companies, competition…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Electoral colleges.

Article L2314-15

Provisions are made by pre-electoral agreement, concluded in accordance with Article L. 2314-6, to facilitate, where appropriate, the representation of employees working in successive shifts or in con…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxes

Article 1519 C

With the exception of the levy mentioned in XIX of article 1647 made for the benefit of the State, the product of the tax on electricity production installations using mechanical wind energy at sea me…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R1271-15

The issuer of the special payment vouchers referred to in B of Article L. 1271-1 of this Code undertakes to: 1° Set up a network of affiliated associations and companies receiving these special paymen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations to be made by legal entities

Article A123-15

Sont déclarés dans la demande d'immatriculation d'une caisse d'épargne et de prévoyance, en ce qui concerne son établissement, les renseignements prévus à l'article R. 123-38, with the exception of th…

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