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Showing 10911100 of 19407 articles for Art. Cass. com. 29 novembre 1982 n° 81-13117

French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 21: Hygiene of products, foodstuffs and animal feed mentioned in 6° of Article L. 412-1

Article R412-37

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1, with regard to the products, foodstuffs and animal feed mentioned in 6° of Article L. 412-1: The provisions of Articles 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable to the départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle

Article R534-1

…décret du 18 novembre 1924 relatif à la tenue du livre foncier dans…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Nullity, dissolution and liquidation of the company.

Article R743-68

…ously request their withdrawal under the conditions provided for in Article 21 of Law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies and articles R. 743-101 and R. 743-1…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Accounting records

Article D2343-8

…rred during the financial year under the conditions defined by Title I of Decree no. 2012-1246 du 7 novembre 2012 relatif à la gestion budgétaire et comptable publique. This statement, certified as tr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Professional undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-194

…nal undertakings for collective real estate investment are subject to articles R. 214-81 to R. 214-129.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Fees for access to Nordic sites developed for non-motorised snow sports.

Article L422-9

The rules relating to the determination, by the deliberative assembly of a mixed syndicate with competence for the creation and management of a Nordic site dedicated to cross-country skiing and non-mo…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions relating to the regional sports conference

Article R112-39

…Authorities Code, where applicable, the plan contracts mentioned inarticle 11 of law no. 82-653 of 29 July 1982 on planning reform, federal sports projects and the work of thematic commissions. It is…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-13

For the classification and allocation of aid in year n, the reference period runs from film week 27 of year n-3 to film week 26 of year n-1. In the cases mentioned in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 4: Pre-trial detention

Article D32-31

Where, in accordance with the provisions of the seventh and ninth paragraphs of article 145, the liberty and custody judge orders the provisional incarceration of the person under investigation with a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Bank staff

Article L142-9

…7, L. 2315-91 and L. 2315-92 of the Labour Code when the procedure provided for in articles L. 1233-29 and L. 1233-30 of the same code is implemented. The conditions under which articles L. 2312-78 an…

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