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Showing 23712380 of 19301 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 18 Jan. 2011 – no. 09-72.510

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article L6364-5

…for indexation of the allocation accruing to the territorial authority of Saint-Martin is 1.2%.From 2011, the amount allocated to the territorial collectivity of Saint-Martin is equivalent to that of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-15

…ctured or with their realisation under the conditions provided for in articles L. 622-17 and L. 622-18 of the aforementioned Commercial Code until fifteen days after having notified the author of his…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions specific to conveyor belts.

Article R342-28

…article R. 472-18 of the town planning code, the opinion of the technical service for ski…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Internal model

Article R352-13

…l with documentation demonstrating that the model meets the requirements set out in Articles R. 352-18 to R. 352-23. Insurance and reinsurance undertakings may use partial internal models to calculate…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation of emergency medical services.

Article R6311-6

…le, telephone conferencing with the call reception centres of the fire and rescue services with the 18 call number, as well as with those of the police and gendarmerie services. The call reception cen…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investigations

Article R232-86-3

…of the videoconference or audioconference. When the investigators, in application of article L. 232-18-5, use an assumed identity in order to consult a website offering prohibited products or methods…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-2-1

…cle L. 561-2, for the performance of a statutory mission. In the case of the persons referred to in 18° of Article L. 561-2, the concept of a business relationship means the relationship that is estab…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L775-6

…and column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 511-51 Ordinance no. 2020-1635 of 21 December 2020 L. 511-52 Order 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 L. 511-53 Order no. 201…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation

Article L512-49

…bers appointed by the General Meeting under the conditions defined in articles L. 225-17 and L. 225-18 of the French Commercial Code, a representative of the professional agricultural organisations ap…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee adviser

Article D1232-11

An employee who carries out his professional activity outside any establishment, with the exception of the employees mentioned in article D. 1232-10, is entitled to have the hours spent carrying out t…

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