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Showing 30013010 of 44700 articles for Art. Cass. com. 30 June 1998 · Cass. com. 15 June 2010 · Cass. com. 15 May 1973 · Cass. com. 16 January 1996 · CA Versailles 7 June 2007

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Electronic money issuers

Article L572-16

Failure to comply with any of the prohibitions set out in article L. 525-7 is punishable by three years' imprisonment and a fine of €375,000.The court may also order the posting or broadcasting of the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to the measures imposed and their contestation

Article L733-16

Creditors on whom the measures imposed by the commission pursuant to articles L. 733-1, L. 733-4 and L. 733-7 or those taken by the judge pursuant to article L. 733-13 are enforceable may not take enf…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Appraisal of customs officers responsible for certain judicial police duties

Article R15-33-16

The staff report proposals and the ratings provided for in Article R. 15-33-15 are drawn up on a form conforming to the model laid down by the Minister of Justice. They include a detailed general asse…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Retail purchase of ferrous and non-ferrous metals

Article 1649 bis

…y engages in the retail purchase of ferrous and non-ferrous metals is required to submit, before 31 January each year, to the departmental directorate of public finance of the place of his residence o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exemptions granted by the labour inspector

Article R4228-16

Where the fitting out of collective changing rooms, washbasins and showers cannot, for reasons relating to the layout of the work premises, be carried out under the conditions provided for in this sec…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1640 E

For the application of 1 of I of article 1636 B sexies to communes located on the territory of the Greater Paris metropolis that were members on 1 January 2015 of a public establishment for inter-comm…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-16

…European Economic Area and who does not hold a sports agent's licence referred to in article L. 222-7 must enter into an agreement with a sports agent for the purpose of introducing an interested part…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-16-1

…ainst a player in a sports competition who has bet on one of the competitions in its discipline, is carried out: 1° By request addressed to the Autorité nationale des jeux for operations recorded by a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Biological analyses and screening tests.

Article D1221-16

Blood and its components may only be transferred to an educational establishment or vocational training organisation for teaching purposes, to the exclusion of any administration to humans, and on con…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IIa: Special scheme for farmers

Article 1693 bis

…ct of the year or financial year reach the amount of tax for which he will ultimately be liable, he may defer payment of the following instalments. If the amount of tax is more than 30% higher than th…

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