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Showing 14011410 of 19671 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26 juin 1990 n° 88-14444

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Multi-professional practice partnerships

Article R422-51-16

…judicial and accountancy companies provided for in Title IV bis of Act no. 90-1258 du 31 décembre 1990.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to investor protection

Article L763-13

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to investor protection

Article L762-13

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

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L764-13

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-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 tabl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Company diagnostic experts.

Article L813-1

Company diagnostic experts are appointed in court to draw up a report on the economic and financial situation of a company in the event of conciliation proceedings or safeguard or receivership proceed…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-5

…the provisions of : 1° Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 ; 2° Articles 3 to 7, 14 to 17 and 24 to 26 of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the Europ…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: European Union trade mark

Article L717-5

An application for a European Union trade mark or a European Union trade mark may only be converted into an application for a national trade mark in the cases provided for in Article 139 of Regulation…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII : Taxation of capital gains on the disposal of building land

Article 238 duodecies

…e applicable to contributions and exchanges made after the promulgation of the Land Orientation Law n° 67-1253 of 30 December 1967.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisations subject to administrative approval.

Article R322-131

For the application of the provisions of Article R. 612-26 of the Monetary and Financial Code, the information and documents relating to the situation of the said undertakings must be made available t…

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

Article L936-8

For the application of articles L. 622-24, L. 622-26, L. 625-4, L. 626-5, L. 626-20, L. 631-18, L. 641-14 and L. 662-4, the institutions mentioned in article L. 143-11-4 of the Labour Code are the New…

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