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Showing 581590 of 45498 articles for Art. AN 23-2-2016 n° 78192

French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Assignment of sums of money as security

Article 2374-4

Where the assignee does not have free disposal of the sum assigned, the fruits and interest produced by it increase the basis of the guarantee, unless otherwise agreed. Where the assignee has free dis…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Assignment of sums of money as security

Article 2374-3

The assignee is free to dispose of the sum assigned, unless an agreement to the contrary specifies its use.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Information.

Article LO6431-23

…the Territorial Council, in a special report, on the situation of the local authority, the activity and financing of the various departments of the local authority and the bodies that depend on it. Th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Special provisions for umbrella funds

Article R214-231

Where the finance company has several sub-funds, the provisions of this sub-section apply to each of the sub-funds.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Seaports (R).

Article R1614-23

…horities. The report shall indicate, for each port of call, the characteristics of the port of call and of the vessel, quantitative information relating to passenger traffic and freight traffic broken…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Compagnie Nationale and the regional companies

Article R821-23

…ommissaires aux comptes instituée par l'article L. 821-6 groups together all the statutory auditors and all the audit firms registered on the list in accordance with Section 1 of Chapter II of this Ti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 7: Suspension of proceedings and difficulties of service

Article A444-23

…ailiff's jurisdiction 20.22 100 Deed noting enforcement difficulties, in particular in the event of an appeal by the debtor 20.22 € 101 Act recording a suspension of execution or an unsuccessful searc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Status of employees.

Article D5424-23

…ile, at the request of the town hall of the municipality where the work site is located, the number and type of employees whose work is interrupted.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Filing of international applications

Article L614-23

A decree in Council of State shall determine the manner in which the provisions of this Section shall be applied, in particular as regards the conditions of receipt of the international application, t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-23

…need to order a new psychiatric assessment prior to a decision to adjust the sentence, if there is an assessment in the sentenced person's file that is less than two years old, including if it was ca…

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