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Showing 751760 of 31981 articles for Art. Cass. 1e civ. 17-5-1993 n° 91-20.112

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Distance supply of financial services to a consumer

Article L754-17

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-17

Any association recognised as being in the public interest, which has been duly registered for at least five years at the date of the events and which proposes by its articles of association to defend…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Fixed duty and contributions

Article D784-17

…022 D. 621-29-1 No. 2020-1768 of 30 December 2020 D. 621-30 with the exception of its 1st paragraph n° 2018-1327 of 28 December 2018 II.-For the application of I, references to Regulation (EU) No 2017…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assignment and pledging of trade receivables.

Article R313-17-2

…d for in that Article, the following compulsory statement: The share fixed contractually in article n°..... of the partnership contract or of the contract mentioned in the first paragraph of article L…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Credit and property formalities

Article A444-171

The services listed under numbers 182 to 195 of Table 5 give rise to the collection of the following fees: Service number the service (table 5) of article appendix 4-7) Designation of service Fee 182…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Capping of certain fees

Article A444-175

…me of the debtor client, in the register of document costs provided for by the article 18 du décret n° 45-0117 du 19 décembre 1945 pris pour l'application du statut du notariat.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Postal voting.

Article R713-17

I. - The envelopes in which the votes are sent are sent to the prefecture, which draws up a summary statement.Under penalty of nullity of the vote, the envelopes in which the votes are sent shall incl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article L612-17

I. - Any person who participates or has participated in the performance of the duties of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is bound by professional secrecy under the conditions and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Out-of-court settlement procedure.

Article R1142-17

The notice is sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the claimant, to the Office and to the professional, the establishment, the centre, the health organisation, the producer, th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2a: Infringement of the obligation to present accounts in electronic form, cost accounting or consolidated accounts

Article 1729 H

Shall give rise to the application of a fine equal to €5,000 or, in the event of rectification and if the amount is higher, an increase of 10% of the duties charged to the taxpayer: 1° Failure to pres…

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