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Showing 91100 of 49367 articles for Art. Cass. com. 6 June 1990 · Cass. com. 3 June 2014 · Cass. 1re civ. 8 January 2002

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-title II: Courts with jurisdiction to prosecute, investigate and try crimes against humanity and war crimes and offences

Article 628-8-1

…proceedings initiated on the basis of one or more offences falling within the scope of the article 628, the counter-terrorism public prosecutor may communicate to the specialised intelligence service…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Advertising.

Article R*322-86

Within the same period of one month, an extract from the documents mentioned in article R. 322-85 is published in one of the newspapers authorised to publish legal notices in the département where the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Advertising.

Article R*322-89

Any person has the right to obtain a copy of the documents filed with the clerk of the court or to have a copy or extract thereof issued at his own expense by the clerk or by the notary holding the mi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Advertising.

Article R*322-88

All deeds and resolutions to amend the Articles of Association or to continue the Company beyond the term set for its duration, or to dissolve the Company before that term, shall be subject to the for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-8-6

…is not required.Fund unitholders shall exercise the rights conferred on shareholders by articles L. 823-6 and L. 823-7 of the French Commercial Code.The statutory auditor shall inform the general meet…

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

Article L533-30-8

…t, the variable remuneration granted and paid to the categories of staff referred to in Article L. 533-30 shall be determined on the basis of a combined assessment of the individual performance of the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose and award conditions

Article 831-3

…amount of the advance granted or, where applicable, the total of these two amounts, may not exceed 30% of the additional energy costs incurred by the operator, before benefiting from the support sche…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: The judge hearing the case.

Article 861-3

…n the parties appearing under the conditions and subject to the sanctions provided for in Article 446-2. He may dispense with a party's attendance at a subsequent hearing under the conditions laid dow…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 311-89

For final authorisation, the application must be submitted no later than four months after completion of the work. This deadline is extended to six months when the final cost of the work must be certi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 311-86

…es or increases provided for in articles…

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