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Showing 47614770 of 24169 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26-10-1993 n° 1580 P

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Private security guards

Article R15-33-28

The prefect shall decide on the application for renewal of authorisation in accordance with the procedure set out in articles R. 15-33-25 to R. 15-33-27-1. This request must be accompanied by the orde…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for admission to the profession.

Article R511-3

In the case of mutual and cooperative networks, the European Central Bank may, on a proposal from the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and after obtaining the opinion of the central bo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Operations.

Article D514-17

Sales are carried out by the auctioneers attached to the establishment as appraisers. They are assisted, where necessary, by auctioneers and clerks chosen and paid by them. Failing this, sales are car…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-51-13

In the case provided for in article R. 422-51-10, the liquidator shall proceed with the transfer of the shares that the struck-off company holds in the liberal practice company or companies, under the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Funeral vehicles (R)

Article D2223-112

The bodywork of vehicles transporting a corpse before committal may not be white in colour. The distinctive signs of the user company, if any, are limited to three per vehicle, each with a surface are…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Banking Inclusion Observatory, funds repayable from the public and dormant accounts

Article R753-4

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicate…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health protection and the environment.

Article L1523-6-1

Article L. 1336-1 is applicable to Wallis and Futuna in the version resulting from Law No. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Search and recording

Article L531-3

Failure to comply with the deposit measure mentioned in article L. 512-26 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Determination of the debtor's assets.

Article R624-18

The period mentioned in article R. 228-26 is applicable to the formal notice provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 622-20.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for authorising establishments performing pre-implantation diagnosis

Article R2131-31

Embryo retrieval may only be carried out in the room used exclusively for in vitro fertilisation mentioned in article R. 2142-26.

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