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Showing 26612670 of 22131 articles for Art. Cass. crim. 27 juin 2018 n° 17-82048

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Definitions, activities and prohibitions

Article L773-2

…672 of 26 July 2013 L. 511-4-3 Act no. 2019-1147 of 8 November 2019 L. 511-5 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 511-6 with the exception of its fourth to sixth, twelfth to fifteenth and eighteenth…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Definitions, activities and prohibitions

Article L774-2

…672 of 26 July 2013 L. 511-4-3 Act no. 2019-1147 of 8 November 2019 L. 511-5 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 511-6 with the exception of its fourth to sixth, twelfth to fifteenth and eighteenth…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Definitions, activities and prohibitions

Article L775-2

…672 of 26 July 2013 L. 511-4-3 Act no. 2019-1147 of 8 November 2019 L. 511-5 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 511-6 with the exception of its fourth to sixth, twelfth to fifteenth and eighteenth…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Investment aid fund for departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article D1424-32-5

…g the amount of direct public aid above the ceiling provided for in III of Article 10 of Decree no. 2018-514 of 25 June 2018 relating to State subsidies for investment projects.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exchange and dissemination of information

Article L512-22-1

…ations relatives à un contenu illicite aux personnes mentionnées au 2 du I de l'article 6 de la loi n° 2004-575 du 21 juin 2004 pour la confiance dans l'économie numérique par les agents habilités, da…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R355-12

…f the undertaking's financial year, for financial years ending between 2 January 2017 and 1 January 2018; c) No later than 16 weeks after the end of the company's financial year, for financial years e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions

Article R3826-1

…3116-4 and R. 3116-5 are applicable to Wallis and Futuna in the version resulting from Decree no. 2018-42 of 25 January 2018. Articles R. 3116-16 and R. 3116-17 are applicable in the territory of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a court-appointed administrator

Article A811-22

Par application des dispositions du titre III du décret n° 56-585 du 12 juin 1956 portant fixation du système général de rétribution des agents de l'Etat ou des personnels non fonctionnaires assurant,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-15

…t to object does not apply to this processing pursuant to Article 23 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Other institutions

Article L783-6

Article L. 615-1 is applicable in New Caledonia, as amended byOrder no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013.

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