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Showing 38413850 of 56672 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 18-1-2018 n° 15-27.525

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions concerning monitoring, controls and investigations

Article R632-1-1-A

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and the Autorité des marchés financiers shall communicate, on their own initiative, to the competent authorities of another Member State of the Eur…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-13-1

I. - The Autorité des marchés financiers may appoint a provisional administrator for a person referred to in Article L. 543-1, to whom all powers of administration, management and representation of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-19

The national automated genetic fingerprint database may not be interconnected, reconciled or linked with any other automated processing of nominative information, with the exception of: 1° Processing…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Armed Forces Medical Corps

Article L5542-1

I.-Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of I of article L. 5121-12-2, of article L. 5124-8, of articles L. 5124-8-1 to L. 5124-8-4, of II of article L. 5126-7, of II of articl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 15: Medical equipment

Article L242-48

Any breach of Article L. 224-111 is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €3,000 for a natural person and €15,000 for a legal person. This fine is imposed under the conditions set out in the C…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-79

Payment of a bill of exchange due on a legal holiday may only be demanded on the first working day thereafter. Similarly, all other acts relating to the bill of exchange, in particular presentation fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-81

Legal or conventional time limits do not include the day from which they begin to run. No legal or judicial day of grace is allowed except in the cases provided for by articles L. 511-38 and L. 511-50…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-80

Legal public holidays are assimilated to days on which, under the laws in force, no payment may be demanded, nor any protest drawn up.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Tax on insurance policies

Article 1001

The rate of the special tax on insurance contracts is set:1° For fire insurance:A 7% for fire insurance relating to non-exempt agricultural risks; generally speaking, the following are considered as h…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Special provisions for residential or business premises

Article L412-1

If the eviction relates to a place inhabited by the person being evicted or by any occupant in his or her own right, it may only take place at the end of a period of two months following the summons,…

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