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Showing 39113920 of 22383 articles for Art. n° 23-11410 · Cass. com. 16 April 2013

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Transmission of information

Article L561-31-2

…department, shall be made via the Europol national unit referred to in Article 7(2) of Regulation 2016/794 of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and in…

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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 L365-1

…following provisions shall apply in French Polynesia in their wording resulting from the ordonnance n° 2020-1733 du 16 décembre 2020, unless otherwise stated or reference is made to their application…

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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 L366-1

…the following provisions shall apply in New Caledonia in the wording resulting from the ordonnance n° 2020-1733 du 16 décembre 2020, unless otherwise stated or mentioned as applying ipso jure in the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial and accounting provisions

Article R823-19

…laboratory is subject to the economic and financial control of the State provided for by the décret n° 53-707 du 9 août 1953 relatif au contrôle de l'Etat dans les entreprises publiques nationales et…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to medical biology laboratories authorised in France

Article D6221-24

…n the cases described in 1° and 1° bis of III of Article 7 of the said Order, as amended by Law No. 2013-442 of 30 May 2013, shall be sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the D…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1465 B

…ling under article L. 214-37 of the Monetary and Financial Code as it stood prior to the ordonnance n° 2013-676 du 25 juillet 2013 modifiant le cadre juridique de la gestion d'actifs, des fonds profes…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Public land registry service

Article 881 F

…payable for the issue of the statements of formalities provided for in article 8 of the decree of 9 April 1956 on the creation and operation of special mortgage archive centres is set at €5 per person…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
7th: Marine

Article 1074

…ates, notarial certificates and any other documents relating to the implementation of the law of 12 April 1941 concerning the service of retirement pensions in the navy are exempt from registration du…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article R236-34

…of the bondholders' group may object to the cross-border merger, as provided for in article L. 236-16, within the same time limit. In all cases, the creditors of the bondholders' group may object to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Operation

Article L23-114-3

The costs incurred by the operation of the committee, the attendance of its members at meetings and training, as well as the compensation of employee representatives, under the conditions defined in a…

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