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Showing 21412150 of 19407 articles for Art. Cass. com. 29 novembre 1982 n° 81-13117

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: The electronic portal

Article R814-58-2

…l at any time and of their rights of access and rectification under the articles 39 et 40 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: The electronic portal

Article R814-58-9

I. - The right to object provided for in Article 38 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés ne s'applique pas au portail électronique en ce qui con…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation (R).

Article R5211-38

Except in the cases provided for by IV of Article L. 5210-1-1 and by Articles 60 and 61 of the loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010 de réforme des collectivités territoriales, decisions are taken by a…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: The decision ordering the expert assessment.

Article 265

…t as expert of a person not on one of the lists drawn up pursuant to Article 2 of law no. 71-498 of 29 June 1971 relating to legal experts; Appoints the expert or experts; States the heads of the expe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-20-9

The Autorité des marchés financiers is the competent authority within the meaning of Article 29(4) and (5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 201…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R313-19

…ay the assignee of financial claims directly in accordance with the rules set out in article L. 313-29 is recorded in a written document entitled: "Deed of acceptance of assignment of a financial clai…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section Va: Annual contribution on rental income

Article 234 quaterdecies

…tribution provided for in article 234 nonies, based on the amount of net revenue defined in article 29 and received during the calendar year in respect of the rental, is paid by this person or body, t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter II: Inter-municipal cooperation

Article L5832-3

…epartment on any request for the withdrawal of a syndicate of communes pursuant to articles L. 5212-29, L. 5212-29-1 and L. 5212-30, or of a communauté de communes pursuant to article L. 5214-26, is m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-16

…been completed.However, facilities whose management was entrusted to third parties before 5 October 1982 remain under the jurisdiction of the city council or the Paris council, for the duration of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision on a consolidated basis by a competent authority of another Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L613-21-2

I. - The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall consult the competent authorities within the meaning of Article 4(1)(40) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and o…

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