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Showing 771780 of 43003 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 16-3-2017 n° 16-13.063

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Rules of good conduct

Article L341-16

I. - The person canvassed has a period of fourteen completed calendar days in which to exercise his right of withdrawal, without having to justify his decision or incur any penalties. The period durin…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Respect for the human body

Article 16-8

No information enabling both the person who has donated an element or product of their body and the person who has received it to be identified may be disclosed. The donor may not know the identity of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Joint Conciliation Committee

Article R615-16

The application shall be signed by the applicant or his representative. It shall state: 1° The surname, first names, profession and address of the applicant and of the other parties; 2° The subject of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-16

For the application of 2° of Article L. 233-17, the thresholds which must not be exceeded, under the conditions set out in this article, by the group formed by a company and the undertakings it contro…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Turnover taxes and similar miscellaneous taxes

Article 1609 untricies

The levies mentioned in articles 1609 novoviciesand 1609 tricies are declared and settled by the online gaming or betting operators mentioned in these articles in accordance with the following procedu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Liability insurance

Article R519-16

I. - The civil liability insurance policy taken out by a bank and payment services intermediary pursuant to article L. 519-3-4 shall include cover for an amount that may not be less than a level set b…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Transmission of the request by the public prosecutor.

Article 728-16

Before transmitting the sentencing decision and the certificate, the representative of the Public Prosecutor's Office may consult the competent authority of the executing State in order to determine,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales.

Article R123-162

The filing of the accounting documents provided for in the first paragraph of Article R. 123-111, accompanied, where applicable, by a declaration of confidentiality or a declaration of simplified publ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operation

Article R3262-16

The banking establishment that opens one of the meal voucher accounts provided for in article L. 3262-2 provides the account holder with a certificate of account opening in triplicate. The account hol…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks and authorisation

Article R2131-16

The centre may be consulted either directly by the pregnant woman or the couple where a proven risk has been identified in application of III of article L. 2131-1, or by the attending physician who se…

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