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Showing 171180 of 47213 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26 May 1992 · Cass. com. 19 November 1975 n° 74-10.116 · CAA Nantes 26 May 2004 · Cass. com. 19 February 1979 · Cass. com. 6 June 1972 · Cass. com. 16 January 1985 · CA Paris 17 January 2008

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L513-26

…ch Civil Code and L. 228-44 and L. 228-74 of the French Commercial Code, sociétés de crédit foncier may subscribe to their own "obligations foncières" for the sole purpose of using them as collateral…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 11: Access to electricity or natural gas consumption data

Article D224-26

Where the consumer is equipped with a metering device that can be read remotely and as defined in the first paragraphs of articles L. 341-4 et L. 453-7 of the Energy Code, the electricity or natural g…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Donated gametes.

Article R1211-26

…tioner mentioned in article R. 1211-25 is required to repeat the test for all or some of the biological markers of the infections mentioned in the same 2°: 1° In the case of sperm donation, at the tim…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Obligations of the insurer

Article L175-26

In the event of a total loss, deemed total loss or negotiated total loss of the aircraft, the insurer has the option of transferring ownership of the aircraft.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 10 : Olive oil and table olives

Article R412-26

…for in Article L. 412-1 : 1° The provisions of Articles 1 and 7 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 of 11 July 1991, as amended, on the characteristics of olive oil and olive-pomace oil and on t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Contributions to the account.

Article L6323-26

The account is funded in euros each year and, where applicable, by additional contributions, in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in this sub-section.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Formation of the credit agreement

Article L312-26

…vailable to the borrower and in the event of withdrawal, the borrower shall repay to the lender the capital paid in and shall pay the interest accrued on that capital from the date on which the credit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article R1612-26

The procedure defined in articles R. 1612-19 to R. 1612-23 applies when a local authority or local public body has not sent the administrative account provided for in article L. 1612-13.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R917-26

In article R. 713-19 : a) In the first paragraph, the words: "category or sub-category" are replaced by the word: "college"; b) In the second paragraph, the words: "the professional category, sub-cate…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxable transactions

Article 260 B

…vities and, in general, trading in securities and money, as these activities are defined by decree, may, where they are exempt from value added tax, be subject to this tax by option.The taxable person…

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