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Showing 24012410 of 21202 articles for Art. Cass. soc. 15 December 2010

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties

Article L621-17-1-1

Any failure by the external valuation experts referred to in article L. 214-24-15 to comply with the laws, regulations and professional obligations applicable to them is subject to sanctions imposed b…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36-2

…cluding those of the European regulations on restrictive measures taken pursuant to Articles 75 or 215 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, as well as those taken pursuant to the sa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Public land registry service

Article 881 E

…ration slip requested;b) 30 € per descriptive statements of division or co-ownership regulations;c) 15 € for the copy of a document other than those mentioned in a and b;2° Where the applicant does no…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: Protection of the identity of certain officials involved in criminal proceedings

Article R2-20

…rative registration number by which the beneficiary of the authorisations mentioned in I of Article 15-4 is identified in the procedural documents that it draws up or in which it is cited is defined b…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-14

…who is guilty of the offences of damaging the cultural property mentioned in a to c of 1 of Article 15 of the aforementioned Protocol. These offences may only be prosecuted at the request of the Publi…

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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 Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L3334-1

…on reduction to be provided for pursuant to IX of the article 81 of Finance Act No. 2018-1317 of 28 December 2018 for 2019. In 2020, the amount of the departments' overall operating allocation is redu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Operating conditions.

Article L812-5-1-A

…f a société pluri-professionnelle d'exercice, provided for in Title IV bis of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professions subject to a…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article R594-2

…licable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.Articles applicableIn their wording result…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Traceability

Article R3512-33

…an operator in accordance with point 3 of Article 5 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2018/574 of 15 December 2017 on technical standards for the establishment and operation of a system for the trac…

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