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Showing 911920 of 55438 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 4-2-2009 n° 08-10.723

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Revenue from the investment section

Article L2573-44

I. - Articles L. 2331-5to L. 2331-8, the first paragraph of article L. 2331-9 and article L. 2331-10 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the analysis of resolvability on an individual basis

Article L613-42

I. - When, at the end of the assessment provided for in I of Article L. 613-41, the resolution board, after obtaining the opinion of the supervisory board, finds that there are significant obstacles t…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Penalties involving deprivation of rights.

Article 433

1. Any person found by a court of law to have abused a suspensive procedure may, by decision of the Director General of Customs and Excise, be excluded from the temporary admission procedure and be de…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Penalties involving deprivation of rights.

Article 432

1 In addition to the penalties provided for in this Code, anyone found guilty of having participated as an interested party in any way whatsoever in a smuggling offence or an offence of importing or e…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XVI: Controls on cash transported by bearer or forming part of a consignment without the intervention of a bearer to or from abroad.

Article 465

I.-Failure to comply with the reporting obligations set out in Articles L. 152-1 to L. 152-1-2 and in Regulation (EU) No 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on c…

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French Customs CodeIn force
C. - Third class.

Article 412

The following offences are punishable by confiscation of the contested goods and a fine of between €300 and €3700 where they are not specifically punishable under article 414-2 : 1° any act of smuggli…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-14

Contracts are awarded, depending on their value, their purpose or the circumstances in which they are concluded: 1° Either in accordance with a formalised procedure; 2° Or in accordance with an adapte…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Obligations.

Article L228-40

The Board of Directors, the Management Board or the manager(s) are entitled to decide on or authorise the issue of bonds, unless the Articles of Association reserve this power to the General Meeting o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Obligations.

Article L228-46

Bondholders of the same issue are grouped by operation of law, for the defence of their common interests, into a masse which enjoys civil personality. However, in the case of successive bond issues, t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Obligations.

Article L228-44

The company may not create any pledge on its own obligations.

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