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Showing 951960 of 51113 articles for Art. Cass. com. 3 October 2006 · Cass. com. 23 October 2012 n° 11-24.033 · Cass. com. 15 September 2015 n° 14-17.964 · CA Versailles 6 June 1997

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.

Article R213-23

…n association fails to apply for deregistration within the prescribed period, the procedure will be carried out in accordance with the second paragraph of article L. 123-3 of the French Commercial Cod…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article R511-23

Credit institutions and finance companies shall require the instruments referred to in Article L. 511-81 to be held for a minimum period defined under the conditions set out in Article L. 511-72 in or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-23

Without prejudice to the programme of water quality analyses provided for in articles R. 1321-15, R. 1321-15-1 and R. 1321-16 and the additional analyses provided for in articles R. 1321-17 and R. 132…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Household and other waste

Article R2224-23

…t Code;2° "Household waste": household waste as defined in article R. 541-8 of the Environment Code;3°"Assimilated waste": waste collected by the public waste management service whose producer is not…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Economic and financial provisions

Article R5312-23

The internal rules governing contracts and purchasing specify in particular the contracts for which the Regional Directors have contracting authority.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Penalties and precautionary measures.

Article R211-14

In the event of failure to comply with the obligations laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1107/2006 of 5 July 2006 concerning the rights of disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility when travell…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Appeal procedures

Article R3211-23

In all cases, the Public Prosecutor may appeal to the Supreme Court. The order may not be contested.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Handling of employers' claims and payment of beneficiaries

Article R6332-23

The skills operators create a dematerialised service which publishes the following in a dedicated and identifiable section: 1° The list of priorities, criteria and conditions for covering the costs of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Settlement proposed by the mayor and approval by the public prosecutor

Article R15-33-61

…provisions of article 44-1 shall be sent by registered letter or delivered against receipt in duplicate to the offender within one month of the official report recording the offence. It specifies: -…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 7: Suspension of proceedings and difficulties of service

Article A444-23

The services listed under numbers 98 to 101 of Table 3-1 give rise to the collection of the following fees:Number of the service (table 3-1 of article appendix 4-7) Designation of service Fee 98 Act o…

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