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Showing 49214930 of 37285 articles for Art. n° 20-20619 · Cass. com. 29 May 2024

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Rural solidarity grant.

Article L2334-22-2

…horities, which have 10,000 inhabitants or more and which meet the following cumulative conditions, may be eligible for the three fractions of the rural solidarity grant: 1° None of the former commune…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article R612-24

…erstanding sets out the conditions under which these missions are carried out. III. - The authority may also call upon authorities exercising equivalent functions in other States and their staff to ca…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General rules

Article L5211-4-2

…es and, where applicable, one or more of the public establishments attached to one or more of them, may set up joint services, responsible for carrying out functional or operational tasks, including t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Expenditure

Article 4425-34

For the application of the provisions of 18° of Article L. 4425-29, the Corsican local authority shall depreciate its fixed assets, including those made available or allocated: 1° Intangible; > Tangib…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: Banking inclusion and prevention of over-indebtedness

Article L312-1-1-A

…ent (French Association of Credit Institutions and Investment Firms), referred to in Article L. 511-29, adopts a charter for banking inclusion and the prevention of overindebtedness, approved by order…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and operation of the National Medical Accidents Commission.

Article R1142-24

…by the Cour de Cassation and the Courts of Appeal in application of article 2 of law no. 71-498 of 29 June 1971 relating to legal experts: a) Two practising in a liberal capacity, proposed by the Cen…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Branches of insurance undertakings whose head office is situated in a State which is not a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R329-4

…accordance with the fourth paragraph of Article R. 351-26.The eligible amount of original own funds may not be less than half of the absolute floor required under Article R. 352-29.One quarter of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Internal control

Article R561-38-7

…paragraph 6 of Article 45 of Directive 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R5315-3

…The nature of legal actions, settlements and debt remissions for which the Chief Executive Officer may act without prior and special deliberation by the Board, within the limit, if any, of an amount…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-4-1

…ned in Annexes II and III of Directive 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering or…

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