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Showing 28612870 of 45755 articles for Art. L 2124-33 · Cass. com. 18 September 2007 n° 05-20.708

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfers between supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L384-4

I. - When the mergers or demergers referred to in article L. 236-1 of the French Commercial Code involve transfers of contract portfolios carried out under the conditions provided for in article L. 38…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Information

Article L7122-20

At least twelve days before the meeting of the Assembly of French Guyana, the President shall send the councillors a report, in whatever form, on each of the matters that must be submitted to them.The…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Equity loans

Article L313-13

The State, subject to Articles L. 313-18 to L. 313-20, credit institutions, finance companies, other commercial companies, alternative investment funds governed by Section 2 of Chapter IV of Title I o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Financial provisions

Article L2513-7

I. - The amount of the financial contribution from the Bouches-du-Rhône department referred to in Article L. 2513-5 is determined each year by agreement between the Bouches-du-Rhône department and the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-15

The publisher's safeguard or receivership proceedings do not result in termination of the contract.When the business is continued in application of articles L. 621-22 et seq. of the Commercial Code, a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Characterisation of infringements of rights

Article L331-25

I.-As part of the remit referred to in 1° of Article L. 331-12, the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique (Audiovisual and Digital Communications Regulatory Authority)…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Investment services and related services

Article L321-2

Services related to investment services include: 1. Custody account-keeping of financial instruments on behalf of third parties and ancillary services such as the keeping of cash accounts correspondin…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Tax on television service publishers and distributors

Article L115-6

A tax is payable by any television service publisher, within the meaning of article 2 of law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication, who is established in France and who, during…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article L951-12

The first paragraph of article

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application

Article L313-2

Excluded from the scope of this chapter are: 1° Loans granted to legal persons governed by public law; 2° Those intended, in any form whatsoever, to finance a professional activity, in particular that…

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