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Showing 161170 of 36024 articles for Art. Cass. com. 23 September 1982 · Cass. 3e civ. 6 December 2005 · CA Paris 22 November 2007 · Cass. com. 15 January 2002 · Cass. 1re civ. 13 December 2005

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L775-23

…hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Articles applicableIn the wording resulting fromL.…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Formation and scope of the bond

Article 2297

…or is deprived of the benefits of discussion or division, he acknowledges in this statement that he cannot require the creditor to sue the debtor first or to divide his proceedings between the guarant…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 2288

…rantor undertakes to the creditor to pay the debtor's debt in the event of the latter's default. It can be taken out at the request of the principal debtor or without any request on his part and even…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-27

By way of derogation from article 231-26, the classification, labels and aid, as well as, where applicable, the direct allocations provided for in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the enforcement in a Member State of the European Union of financial penalties imposed by the French authorities

Article D48-13

The Public Prosecutor shall transmit the financial penalty and its certificate to the competent authority of a single State of enforcement at a time, in accordance with the procedures laid down in art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Advisory Committee on the Financial Sector and Advisory Committee on Financial Legislation and Regulation

Article D784-13

…hand column of the following table 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 Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: General provisions.

Article 220

…names, date and place of birth, place of residence and profession of the persons heard and, if applicable, the oath taken by them and their statements relating to their relationship of kinship or marr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Designation of a registrant and a correspondent

Article R561-23

I. - The persons mentioned in 1° to 7°c of Article L. 561-2 shall inform the department mentioned in Article L. 561-23 and their supervisory authority designated in Article L. 561-36 of the identity o…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special export provisions

Article 22

1. Decrees may temporarily and in cases of emergency permit or suspend the export of products of the soil and of national industry. 2. These acts must be presented, in the form of bills, to the Nation…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D773-22

…provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn…

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