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Showing 24412450 of 30018 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. – 6 July 2016 – no. 15-21.811

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L743-6

I.-Article L. 214-1 is applicable in French Polynesia, in the version resulting fromOrder no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013, subject to the following adaptations: 1° In 1°, the words: "in accordance with D…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L744-6

…Article L. 214-1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the version resulting fromOrder no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013, subject to the following adaptations: 1° In 1°, the words: "in accorda…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Mayotte Regional Health Agency

Article D1446-6

…as follows: the reference to article: "D. 1432-15" is replaced by the reference to article: "D. 1446-5".

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Bodies of the commune

Article L2573-6

…ions provided for in II to VI. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 2122-1 and L. 2122-2 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 2122-2-1 law no. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 L. 2122-3 law no. 96…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Provisions relating to the management of the guarantee fund for risks associated with the agricultural spreading of urban or industrial sewage sludge.

Article R424-6

The available assets of the guarantee fund for risks relating to the agricultural spreading of urban or industrial sewage sludge are invested by Caisse Centrale de Réassurance in the assets mentioned…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Drinks outlets.

Article L3352-6

…ply with an establishment closure ordered or pronounced pursuant to articles L. 3332-15 or L. 3332-16 is punishable by two months' imprisonment and a fine of 3,750 euros.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions

Article R1238-6

Failure to comply with the provisions of articles R. 1233-15 and R. 1233-16, relating to economic redundancies in the context of a receivership or compulsory liquidation, is punishable by a fourth-cla…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sales and transfers of shares

Article R4381-63

The transfer of shares is publicised in accordance with the provisions of Article 52 of Decree no. 78-704 of 3 July 1978 relating to the application of Law no. 78-9 of 4 January 1978 amending Title IX…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: General procedural provisions.

Article R661-6

An appeal against judgments rendered pursuant to articles L. 661-1, L. 661-6 , Chapters I and III of Title V, Section II of Chapter II and Chapter IV of Title IX of Book VI of the Legislative Part of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation for members of the gendarmerie and officials of the national police force with the status of judicial police officers to effectively exercise the powers associated with this status.

Article R15-6-1

…ng their active service may be authorised, under the terms and conditions set out in articles R. 15-6-2 to R. 15-6-6, to exercise the powers attached to this status for a period of five years from the…

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