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Showing 25612570 of 19016 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26 September 2018

French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: Business formalities centres

Article A123-3

…PAdES as referred to in Articles 1 and 2 of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) No 2015/1506 of 8 September 2015 laying down specifications for the formats of advanced electronic signatures and adva…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-2-1

…the first paragraph of article R. 822-2 send to the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, by 30 September at the latest, a file in duplicate comprising: 1° All official documents proving their ide…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article R784-11

…13-21 and R. 613-22n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 613-23n° 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 613-28n° 2018-710 of 3 August 2018II. - For the application of I:1° The references to the European Banking Au…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 7: Provisions relating to the implementation of other resolution measures

Article L613-56

…ing of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, which is subject to an internal bail-out measure. The Board of Directors may waive pre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article D4312-10

…state of the local authority provided for in the tenth paragraph of Article 33 of Act no. 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 portant dispositions statutaires relatives à la fonction publique territoriale. C. -…

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

Article 204 I

…ng the death and until the application of the rate of the new tax household constituted as from 1st September of the second year following that of the death under the conditions provided for in articl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Products whose sale in bulk is prohibited

Article D120-7

…5 of Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition ; 7° Food supplements, in accordance with th…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of delegations

Article R131-28

…nd the federation takes effect from the entry into force of the order referred to in article R. 131-26-1.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-47-2

…committed rape, sexual assault or sexual molestation as provided for in the articles 222-23 to 222-26 and 227-25 to 227-27 of the Penal Code, to a medical examination and blood test to determine whet…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Indirect right of access to data

Article L561-45

…23 of its right to communicate. 561-23 of its right of communication provided for in Article L. 561-26, nor to call into question the purpose of combating money laundering and terrorist financing when…

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