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Showing 49814990 of 37285 articles for Art. n° 20-20619 · Cass. com. 29 May 2024

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36-1

…lice measures and the power to impose penalties under the conditions set out below. In addition, it may disclose to the public any information it deems necessary for the performance of its duties, wit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 56-1

Search of a lawyer's chambers or home may only be carried out by a magistrate and in the presence of the President of the Bar or his delegate, following a written, reasoned decision taken by the liber…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Transfer of powers.

Article L5215-22

…the opinion of the departmental commission for inter-communal cooperation, the State representative may authorise the urban community to withdraw from the syndicate on 1st January of the year followin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article L5211-26

I. - A decree or, as the case may be, an order puts an end to the exercise of the competences of the public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation whose dissolution is requested, required or ips…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-5-1

…resented, in particular their frequency and the deadline by which they must be sent electronically, may be specified by a professional agreement concluded under the conditions provided for in II of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation

Article A752-3

…cate of conformity to the prefect of the département in which the premises are located, then to the mayor of the municipality in which the premises are located and to the president of the public inter…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal penalties

Article L1337-1-1

…pplemented or amended it, are investigated and recorded by the agents mentioned in articles L. 1333-29 and L. 1333-30, authorised and sworn under the conditions set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. Th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-49

…uately monitored by the governance arrangements provided for in Article L. 511-55 or Article L. 533-29, and that the rules of conduct and other professional obligations assigned to their departments c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: The National Enrolment and Disciplinary Commission and appeals against its decisions

Article R814-1

…e of 19 December 1945 implementing the status of judicial auctioneers and Article 74-2 du décret du 29 février 1956 pris pour l'application de l'ordonnance du 2 novembre 1945 relative au statut des hu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 5-2 (Annex to Article A526-3)

Article Annexe I

Template for an update statement on the affected assets SAMPLE STATEMENT OF ASSIGNED ASSETS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SIMPLIFIED ACCOUNTING OBLIGATIONS TO WHICH THE PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY OF PERSONS BENEF…

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