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Showing 29512960 of 21516 articles for Art. Cass. soc. – 28 Mar. 2018 – no. 16-12707

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Guarantor guarantee

Article D752-12

…t-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 313-26no. 2014-1316 of 3 November 2014D. 313-27No. 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 313-28 and D. 313-29no.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Guarantor guarantee

Article D754-11

…t-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 313-26no. 2014-1316 of 3 November 2014D. 313-27No. 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 313-28 and D. 313-29no.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
8°: Miners

Article 1078

Subject to the provisions of 3° of article 679, certificates, deeds of notoriety and other documents relating exclusively to the execution of the provisions of articles 84 to 96 of the law of 31 March…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
V: Payment in Treasury securities or claims on the State

Article 1716 A

…the same law and whose objection has been validated under the conditions provided for by the decree no. 70-813 of 11 September 1970 (See decree no. 78-231 of 2 March 1978, article 3).

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Disciplinary action

Article R4443-1-2

…ation in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, article R. 4234-1 in the version resulting from decree no. 2022-381 of 16 March 2022 reads as follows: Complaints and requests from the persons mentioned i…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Foreign nationals prohibited from returning to French territory

Article R613-7

…al issued under a decision prohibiting their return are those that apply, under Article 7 of Decree no. 2010-569 of 28 May 2010 relating to the wanted persons file, to cases where the reason for regis…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Administrative management of customs officers responsible for certain judicial police tasks

Article R15-33-12

…prosecutor and letters rogatory from the examining magistrate in the matters mentioned in l'article 28-1.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Administrative levy

Article R512-24-1

Where goods are made available on the market by means of a remote communication technique, the authorised agents may order, where applicable under the conditions provided for in Article L. 512-16, of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Operating revenue

Article L3332-1

…des ressources;9° The fraction of value added tax provided for in A to E of V of Article 16 of Law No. 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on the finances for 2020;10° The fraction of the net proceeds of v…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inventions by civil servants and public officials.

Article Annexe art. R611-14-1

…l servants:-Researchers, engineers, assistant engineers and research technicians governed by decree no. 83-1260 of 30 December 1983 as amended.-Research teachers governed by decree no. 84-431 of 6 Jun…

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