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Showing 39013910 of 7437 articles for Art. TEPA Act 21 August 2007

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article 771

…m the opening of the succession. At the expiry of this period, he may be summoned, by extrajudicial act, to take sides at the initiative of a creditor of the succession, a co-heir, an heir of subseque…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Trial of offences committed in court

Article 678

If the act committed is a crime, the court or tribunal, after having the perpetrator arrested, questions him and draws up a report of the facts; this court transmits the documents and orders the perpe…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: MEDIATION

Article L611-2

…this Title and, insofar as they are not contrary to them, by those of Chapter I of Title II of the Act of 8 February 1995 referred to in article L. 611-1.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Causes of interruption of prescription.

Article 2241

…of foreclosure.The same applies when it is brought before a court lacking jurisdiction or when the act of bringing the matter before the court is annulled by the effect of a procedural defect.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct and organisation

Article R519-24

Any correspondence or advertising, regardless of the medium, from an intermediary acting in this capacity shall indicate his name or corporate name, his business address or that of his registered offi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transparency

Article R3512-1-1

For the purposes of article L. 3512-7, activities aimed at influencing public decision-making, in particular the content of a law or regulatory act, by communicating with the persons mentioned in 3° o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Working conditions of the pharmacists or veterinary surgeons responsible and delegated.

Article R5142-20

All acts relating to the activities mentioned in Article R. 5142-1 or Article R. 5142-40 are carried out under the effective control of a pharmacist or a veterinarian who meets the conditions for prac…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators.

Article R811-28-2

…egistered on the list referred to in article L. 811-2. The trainee participates in the professional activity of the training supervisor under the supervision and responsibility of the latter. They car…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-24-6

…company, the AIF and its unit-holders or shareholders:1° The AIF or its management company does not act as depositary ;2° A principal broker acting as counterparty to the AIF may not be its depositary…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-206

I.-The subscription by the company of its own shares, either directly or by a person acting in his own name but on behalf of the company, is prohibited. The founders or, in the case of an increase in…

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