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Showing 36213630 of 19667 articles for Art. Cass. com. 24 novembre 2009 n° 08-21369

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable when an enforcement order for an increased fixed fine is issued

Article A37-28

…ctification where information about you is subject to automated processing (art. 39 et 40 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978) to:-the officer of the public prosecutor's office at the local court or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Distribution of electronic money

Article L525-9

…iana, Martinique, Reunion Island, Mayotte or Saint-Martin, the procedures set out in Article L. 526-24 shall apply. IV. - When a credit institution authorised in another Member State of the European U…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction

Article L321-15

…an Economic Area who organises the sale has not made the declaration provided for in Article L. 321-24;3° Or if the person running the sale does not meet the conditions set out in Article L. 321-4 or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Regional hospitals

Article D6141-15

…éans ;22° Assistance publique-hôpitaux de Paris ;23° Centre hospitalier régional de Pointe-à-Pitre ;24° Centre hospitalier régional de Poitiers ;25° Centre hospitalier régional de Reims ;26° Centre ho…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Expenditure

Article L5217-12-1

…petence; 12° Expenditure relating to the collective sewage system mentioned in II of l'article L. 2224-8 if the metropolis exercises this competence; 13° Expenditure relating to the sanitation police…

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

Article L526-15

In the event that the individual limited liability entrepreneur renounces the appropriation or in the event of his death, the declaration mentioned in Article L. 526-7 ceases to have effect. However,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of patients and users of the healthcare system.

Article L1541-2

…Article L. 1110-4-1, the words: "drawn up by the public interest group mentioned in Article L. 1111-24. These standards are approved by order of the Minister for Health," are replaced by the words: "s…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Income tax deducted at source

Article 204 H

…han or equal to €3,734 and less than €4,357 13.8% Greater than or equal to €4,357 and less than €5,224 15.8% Greater than or equal to €5,224 and less than €6,537 17.9% Greater than or equal to €6,537…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-50

In the event of the temporary impediment or death of the Chairman, the Board of Directors may delegate a director to act as Chairman. In the event of temporary impediment, this delegation is given for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Projects subject to authorisation.

Article L752-1

…integrated into a retail shop open to the public on the date of publication of Law No. 2014-366 of 24 March 2014 for access to housing and renovated town planning, and not entailing the creation of a…

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