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Showing 50615070 of 9933 articles for Art. EU Mutual Assistance Directive 2010/24/EU

French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 10: Banking, financial and insurance contracts

Article L224-101

The rules on direct marketing of banking or financial services are laid down by the provisions of Chapter I of Title IV of Book III of the Monetary and Financial Code.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Notifications between lawyers.

Article 673

Direct service is effected by delivering the document in duplicate to the receiving lawyer, who immediately returns one of the copies to his colleague after dating and stamping it.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 212-11

Direct grants are awarded to help finance development costs other than writing, rewriting, rights acquisition and, for works in the animation genre, graphic design.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 722-10

Direct grants are awarded either for the promotion abroad of specific audiovisual works or for the promotion abroad of the companies' catalogue of works mentioned in article 722-6.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article R551-10

The declaration of direct debit also serves as proof of domicile for opening a bank account pursuant to article L. 312-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article L222-1

…de as well as to operations carried out by the undertakings governed by the code des assurances, by mutual societies and unions governed by Book II of the Code de la mutualité and by provident institu…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Invalidity

Article 1178

…idity is null and void. Nullity must be pronounced by the judge, unless the parties establish it by mutual agreement. The annulled contract is deemed never to have existed. Performed services give ris…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R381-1

…Other optional group schemes designed to cover retirement commitments governed by this Code or the Mutual Code.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special schemes and general exemptions

Article 1055

Deeds, documents and writings relating to the completion of land reparcelling carried out by mutual agreement and relating to land intended for the construction of residential buildings are exempt, su…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICES

Article R3241-2

…at the company's registered office, at the times and within the time limits that shall be agreed by mutual agreement. However, these deadlines may in no case be shorter than those granted by law to th…

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