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Showing 50215030 of 43993 articles for Art. al. 3 · Cass. 1re civ. 14 March 2018

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation

Article R6156-32

…f the plenary session; or 2° placed directly on the agenda of one of its specialised committees; or 3° Referred for consideration to one of its specialised committees before inclusion on the agenda of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Grounds for refusal of recognition and enforcement

Article 728-31

…by the court of another Member State may be refused only in the cases provided for in Articles 728-32 and 728-33. The decision to refuse shall state the reasons for the refusal by reference to these…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-33

…lders' interest, the other assets may be transferred to a new SICAV. In accordance with article L. 236-21 of the French Commercial Code, the demerger is decided by the extraordinary general meeting of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Group governance system

Article R356-36

…g and parent undertakings referred to respectively in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 356-2 regularly assess the sensitivity of the prudential technical provisions and the group's own fu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 bis A

By way of derogation from Article 38, the credit institutions and finance companies mentioned in Article L. 511-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code and the investment firms mentioned in article L. 53…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Special provisions for residential or business premises

Article R412-3

…cle…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5 - Multi-year impact study of operating expenditure linked to exceptional investment operations

Article D1611-35

…° For communes and inter-communal cooperation establishments with a population of between 5,000 and 14,999, the threshold is set at 100% of actual operating revenue; 3° For municipalities and establis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article R822-33

…ployees to report any breaches of the rules applicable to the profession and of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014; i) Procedures enabling the performance of account certification engagements and the organis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Special delegation

Article L2121-35

In the event of the dissolution of a municipal council or the resignation of all its serving members, or in the event of the final annulment of the election of all its members, or where a municipal co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Professional secrecy

Article L511-33

…s;2° Transactions in financial instruments, guarantees or insurance intended to cover a credit risk;3° Acquisitions of equity interests or control in a credit institution, investment firm or finance c…

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