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Showing 28312840 of 57536 articles for Art. L 141-17 · Cass. com. 19 May 1998 · Cass. com. 24 May 2005 n° 784 · Cass. com. 15 May 1973 · Cass. com. 24 May 2011 n° 10-18.074 · Cass. 1re civ. 15 October 2014 n° 13-24.984

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to investment firms and credit institutions providing investment services

Article D533-15-1

I. - For the purposes of I bis of Article L. 533-13, professional clients wishing to benefit from the guarantees provided for therein shall inform the investment services provider either electronicall…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Special conditions for the "locomotor" option

Article D6124-177-19

In addition to the teams provided for in article D. 6124-177-3, the multidisciplinary team includes: 1° At least one physiotherapist; 2° At least one occupational therapist; 3° At least one psychologi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents.

Article R123-154-1

Annual accounts which are accompanied by a declaration of confidentiality of the annual accounts pursuant to Article R. 123-111-1 may only be issued to companies that have filed them and to the author…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable to released prisoners

Article 723-15-2

…nced person does not wish to benefit from an adjustment or conversion of his sentence or if, in the light of the reasoned report from the prison integration and probation service, such an adjustment o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Council tax

Article 1414 B

People who retain the use of the dwelling that was their main residence before being permanently housed in an establishment or service mentioned in 6° of I of Article L. 312-1 of the code de l'action…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars.

Article R743-141

When the court clerk performs the operations provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 143-11-7 of the French Labour Code, he shall receive the remuneration set for them by the tariff for judic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article D4311-15-1

When the nurse renews a prescription for oral contraceptive medicinal products under the conditions provided for in the fourth paragraph of article L. 4311-1 of the Public Health Code, he or she enter…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article D47-1-15

…he issuing authority has indicated in the European Investigation Decision that, because of procedural deadlines, the seriousness of the infringement or other particularly urgent circumstances, a short…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 15-3-2

In the event of a complaint filed for an offence punishable by at least three years' imprisonment committed by the victim's spouse, cohabiting partner or partner bound to her by a civil solidarity pac…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Suspension, withdrawal from the lists and prohibition on inclusion on the lists

Article R221-15-2

When an athlete has been the subject of a disciplinary decision relating to the fight against doping and this decision has not become final, the Minister responsible for sport may, as a precautionary…

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