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Showing 48614870 of 58206 articles for Art. L 441-10 s. · Cass. com. 3 March 2015 n° 14-11.414

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Livret de développement durable et solidaire.

Article D221-103

The ceiling stipulated in article L. 221-27 is set at 12,000 euros per Livret de développement durable et solidaire.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Periodic inspections

Article R4323-103

…fety register and reports may be kept and stored on any medium under the conditions set out in Article L. 8113-6.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Specific measures

Article L412-3

The conditions under which the mandatory nutrition declaration provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October, as amended, on the provision of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Negotiable debt securities

Article L213-3

The following are authorised to issue negotiable debt securities: 1. Credit institutions, investment firms and the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, subject to compliance with the conditions laid do…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Flat-rate grant.

Article L3334-3

Each département receives a lump-sum allocation.I. - From 2015, each département's lump-sum allocation is equal to the amount received the previous year in respect of this allocation. For each departm…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Technical and financial profit-sharing

Article A132-10

The minimum amount of participation in the technical and financial profits of undertakings carrying out the operations referred to in 1° of Article L. 310-1 and of supplementary professional retiremen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services

Article R4301-10

In application of article L. 4304-1 and under the conditions of article L. 4311-22, the practice of advanced practice by a nurse who is a national of a Member State of the European Union or of another…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Protection of wages

Article D7122-10

In order to ensure the payment of wages, the president of the court may authorise, pursuant to article L. 7122-15, the seizure of receipts from the show.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Formation of the credit agreement

Article L313-37

When the borrower informs his lenders that he is taking out several loans for the same transaction, each loan is concluded subject to the condition precedent that each of the other loans is granted. T…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Powers

Article LO6214-3

I. - The local authority shall lay down the rules applicable in the following matters:1° Taxes, duties and fees under the conditions provided for in Article LO 6214-4; land registry;2° Town planning;…

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