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Showing 30013010 of 61711 articles for Art. R 330-2 · Cass. com. 7 July 2004 · CA Paris 5 November 2008

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Commercial agents.

Article R134-7

A commercial agent who has set up an assigned asset pursuant to Article L. 526-6 shall file in the special register, within six months of the end of the financial year, the accounting documents mentio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article R228-7

The company shall keep an up-to-date list of the persons holding registered financial securities, indicating the domicile declared by each of them.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article R50-74

On the decision of its chairman, who is responsible for its implementation, the multidisciplinary commission on security measures may carry out or have carried out throughout France any examinations,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article R50-78

When the sentence enforcement court orders that the care of the person subject to a judicial measure for the prevention of terrorist recidivism and reintegration will take place within a suitable rece…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article R50-73

The placement of the person concerned referred to in the second paragraph of Article 706-25-17 takes place at the national assessment centre of the prison administration at the request of the chairman…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article R50-70

In order to examine the situation of a person sentenced to a penalty for which the judicial measure for the prevention of terrorist recidivism and reintegration is incurred, the anti-terrorist public…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: The multi-disciplinary committee for security measures and assessment of dangerousness

Article R61-7

The multidisciplinary commission for security measures established in Article 763-10 shall exercise its jurisdiction within the jurisdiction of one or more Courts of Appeal. The number, location and t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Compensation in the event of dismissal, discharge or acquittal

Article R249-7

Payment of compensation is made on the basis of the decision of the court that awarded it. When the decision makes the compensation payable by the civil party, the compensation is ordered as an advanc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opening and closing the Livret jeune.

Article R221-78

When applying to open a Livret Jeune account, the applicant is informed by the institution or organisation that holds the account of the account's operating procedures, in particular the consequences…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opening and closing the Livret jeune.

Article R221-79

Holders of youth passbooks must request closure of their accounts by 31 December of the year in which they turn 25 at the latest. Deposit-taking institutions are required to automatically close the ac…

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