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Showing 13811390 of 21304 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 24 Nov. 1998 – Chevassus-Marche

French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Treatment of over-indebtedness

Article L771-2

…16-301 of 14 March 2016 L. 723-1 to L. 723-4 Resulting from Order no. 2016-301 of 14 March 2016 L. 724-1 à L. 724-4 Resulting from Order no. 2016-301 of 14 March 2016 and, from 1 January 2018, Law no.…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Commercial guarantee

Article R217-10

In the case provided for in 3° of II of article L. 217-24, the department mentioned in article R. 217-7 notifies the professional of his new formal position, at least two weeks before it takes effect.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Token issuers

Article L552-7

Subscribers are informed of the results of the offer and, where applicable, of the organisation of a secondary market for the tokens in accordance with the procedures specified in the General Regulati…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-5

…ting procedures of the scheme, including in the cases of conversion provided for in articles R. 441-24 and R. 441-26.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Specialised professional funds

Article L214-157

I. - Notwithstanding the third paragraph of Article L. 214-24-29 and the first paragraph of Article L. 214-24-34, the fund rules or the articles of association of the specialised professional fund sha…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R1511-28

…eir groupings and in particular those provided for in the agreements referred to in Article R. 1511-24.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Appendices

Article Rubrique 4

…ment. (9) Regardless of their value, project management contracts must be in writing (cf. article L.2432-1 of the Public Order Code).4112. Public contracts not subject to the obligation to be in writi…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 6: Small modifications

Article R2194-8

The contract may be modified where the amount of the modification is less than the European thresholds set out in the notice annexed to this code and less than 10% of the amount of the initial contrac…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Authorised buyers

Article L2211-2

A partnership contract may be concluded for the purpose of carrying out an operation that meets the needs of another legal entity governed by public or private law, with a view to the performance of i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Recognition, review and withdrawal of regulated market status

Article L421-6

On a proposal from the Autorité des marchés financiers, the Minister responsible for the economy may withdraw recognition from a regulated market in any of the following cases: 1° If the market undert…

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