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Showing 14811490 of 21304 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 24 Nov. 1998 – Chevassus-Marche

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating conditions

Article L425-3

The provisions of Articles L. 533-11 to L. 533-16, L. 533-18, L. 533-19, L. 533-24 and L. 533-24-1 are applicable to transactions concluded on an organised trading system.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Automatic registrations

Article R123-303

…s of craftsman or artisan d'art is awarded in accordance with articles 5 and 5 bis of Decree no. 98-247 of 2 April 1998 on craft qualifications and the trades and crafts sector or when the title of ma…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Common provisions

Article 706-104

[Provisions declared unconstitutional by Constitutional Council decision no. 2004-492 DC of 2 March 2004.] [Provisions declared unconstitutional by Constitutional Council decision no. 2004-492 DC of 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of directors and shareholders of market undertakings

Article L421-9

I.-Persons who are in a position to exercise, directly or indirectly, a significant influence on the management of a regulated market must possess qualities that guarantee the sound and prudent manage…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Accelerated safeguard

Article L628-7

…n that must be the subject of the declaration provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 622-24. This list includes the information provided for in the first two paragraphs of article L. 622-25…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: Contracts comprising severable services

Article L1321-1

Where a purchaser decides to enter into a single contract even though the contract relates to objectively separable services which are subject, on the one hand, to the ordinary law governing contracts…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Markets of national interest

Article R761-5

The market manager draws up an annual report under the conditions provided for in article L. 1411-3 of the Code général des collectivités territoriales and forwards it to the communes and the établiss…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-36-1

The marketing authorisation may impose one or more of the following conditions, which must be mentioned in the risk management system: 1° The implementation of measures to ensure the safe use of the m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General-purpose investment funds.

Article R214-32-28

…half of third parties. It may, however, acquire financial instruments referred to in article L. 214-24-55 which are not fully paid up. II. - A general-purpose investment fund may, in order to achieve…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter V: Termination of the contract

Article L2195-4

If, during the performance of the contract, the contractor is placed in one of the cases of exclusion mentioned in articles L. 2141-1 to L. 2141-11, he shall inform the purchaser of this change in sit…

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