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Showing 21812190 of 19671 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26 juin 1990 n° 88-14444

French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Criminal penalties

Article 1837

…The court may also impose a ban on civic, civil and family rights as provided for by Articles 131-26 and 131-26-1 of the Criminal Code.Where the statement deemed to be fraudulent emanates from one o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Internal regulations

Article R1423-27

…by this panel are enforceable after being approved under the conditions set out in article R. 1423-26. If, at the end of a period of one month from the date on which it was set up, the panel has not…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Management rules.

Article R518-74

…respected, particularly with regard to the applicable provisions of the Consumer Code and articles 26-4 to 26-8 of the aforementioned law no. 65-557 of 10 July 1965; 4° Have their annual accounts cer…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Penalties.

Article L328-5

…612-33 of the Monetary and Financial Code, is punishable by the penalties set out in article L. 310-26.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article L633-8

Articles L. 612-24, L. 612-26 and L. 612-44 apply to all entities located in a Member State or another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, whether regulated or not, that are pa…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 211-97

The award of selective financial aid for the production and preparation of feature-length cinematographic works is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 d…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Counterfeiting litigation

Article L716-4-4

An action brought in accordance with Regulation (EU) 608/2013 of 12 June 2013 by the trade mark proprietor on the basis of the provisions of Article L. 713-3-2 shall be inadmissible if, in the course…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 311-23

For works belonging to the creative documentary genre, the allocation of selective financial aid for production and preparation is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 311-24

For works belonging to the fiction genre, the award of selective financial aid for production and preparation is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 dec…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 621-4

The award of financial aid for the production of cinematographic or audiovisual works using digital visual effects is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 201…

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