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Showing 38613870 of 37434 articles for Art. n° 22-18436 · Cass. com. 24 May 2011

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Distribution of electronic money

Article L525-9

…ng its registered office in mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion Island, Mayotte or Saint-Martin wishes to use one or more persons to distribute electronic money within the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Regional hospitals

Article D6141-15

…éans ;22° Assistance publique-hôpitaux de Paris ;23° Centre hospitalier régional de Pointe-à-Pitre ;24° Centre hospitalier régional de Poitiers ;25° Centre hospitalier régional de Reims ;26° Centre ho…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles.

Article L341-2

Subject to the specific provisions of this Code, the companies defined in Article L. 341-1 are subject to the accounting requirements set out in Articles L. 123-12 to L. 123-22 of the French Commercia…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Criminal penalties

Article 1748

…prior formal notice instituted by the last three paragraphs of article 52 of the law of 22 March 1924 is not applicable to correctional proceedings provided for by the laws in force, with regard to t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article R22-10-25

For the application of article L. 22-10-40, the information incumbent on the proxy is delivered by the proxy to the shareholder by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or, if the proxy ha…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Lists of candidates and individual applications

Article R1441-19

The notification provided for in article L. 1441-22 to an employer of an employee's status as a candidate shall be made by any means that confers a date certain. The information contained in this noti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Creation and communication of documents and information relating to the presence of asbestos

Article R1334-29-6

The report on the identification of list C materials and products containing asbestos provided for in article R. 1334-22 is sent to any natural or legal person required to organise or carry out demoli…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R6153-1-29

Notwithstanding article R. 6153-1-28, the terms of application of articles R. 6153-1-22 to D. 6153-1-27 are specified by order of the ministers responsible for health, the economy and the civil servic…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article R*765-1

…ation of this book in French Polynesia: 1° Articles R. * 721-3, R. * 732-3, R. * 732-4 and R. * 744-24 are applicable in French Polynesia; 2° Article R. * 721-3 is worded as follows:"Art. R. * 721-3.-…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R*766-1

…lication of this book in New Caledonia: 1° Articles R. * 721-3, R. * 732-3, R. * 732-4 and R. * 744-24 are applicable in New Caledonia. 2° Article R. * 721-3 is worded as follows:"Art. R. * 721-3.-The…

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