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Showing 691700 of 35618 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 5-10-2016 n° 15-25.944 F-PB

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Organisation and operation of the deposit guarantee and resolution fund

Article L312-15

I. - In the performance of its compensation mission provided for in I of Article L. 312-5, the fonds de garantie des dépôts et de résolution shall have access to information held by its members, by th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Receivership.

Article L631-15

I.-At the latest at the end of a period of two months from the opening judgment, the court shall order the observation period to continue if it appears to it that the debtor has sufficient financing c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 UB

I. - Net gains from transfers for valuable consideration of corporate rights in companies or groupings falling within the articles 8 to 8 ter, whose assets are mainly made up of real estate or rights…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acts relating primarily to economic activity

Article A444-153

Estimates and contracts (numbers 153 and 154 of table 5) give rise, to the collection of a proportional fee:1° In the case of estimates and sales contracts, according to the following scale:Base scale…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-15

Article 815-17 is applicable to joint ownership creditors, as well as to the personal creditors of the joint owners. However, the latter may only bring about partition in cases where their debtor coul…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 422-15

When it appears that the characteristics of the project presented so require, the reading committee or commission may postpone its opinion and, where appropriate, propose to the President of the Centr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article R123-151

Requests submitted to registrars may relate to: 1° Individual files or a group of files; in the second case, they correspond to the search criteria defined by the order provided for in Article R. 123-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R1271-15

The issuer of the special payment vouchers referred to in B of Article L. 1271-1 of this Code undertakes to: 1° Set up a network of affiliated associations and companies receiving these special paymen…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Administration.

Article L322-15

The Boards of Directors of the central insurance companies include, in addition to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer:a) Three directors representing the French State, appointed by the Minister…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to each medical profession.

Article R4113-15

In a société d'exercice libéral de sages-femmes, the direct or indirect holding of shares representing all or part of the share capital not held by the persons mentioned in the first paragraph or in 1…

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