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Showing 28112820 of 21304 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 24 Nov. 1998 – Chevassus-Marche

French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte.

Article L922-1

…15 mai 2001" are replaced by the words: "the date of publication of the l'ordonnance n° 2004-604 du 24 juin 2004 portant réforme du régime des valeurs mobilières émises par les sociétés commerciales e…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services for investment firms and credit institutions providing investment services authorised in France

Article D532-23-3

Where, pursuant to I of Article L. 532-24, an investment firm or credit institution wishes to provide custody account keeping services in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article R613-4-1

…ce with Article 28 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010. It shall inform the European Banking Authority thereof.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Provisions applicable to employer groups

Article D6325-26

The State aid provided for in articles D. 6325-23 and D. 6325-24 is allocated each year, depending on the number of support sessions planned by the employers' group. It is calculated on a flat-rate ba…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Contracts comprising inseparable services

Article L1322-2

When a conceding authority concludes a single contract relating to objectively indissociable services which are covered both by the ordinary law of contracts provided for in Book I of Part Two or Book…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Book II: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO PARTNERSHIP CONTRACTS

Article L2200-1

Subject to the provisions of Book V of this Part relating to other public contracts, the partnership contracts defined in Article L. 1112-1 are governed by the provisions of Book I, with the exception…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Single chapter

Article L2711-8

When the contractor is unable to execute all or part of a purchase order or contract, in particular when it demonstrates that it does not have sufficient resources or that mobilising them would place…

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

Article L421-7

Within a market undertaking, the following persons shall be of sufficiently good repute and possess the knowledge, skills and experience necessary for the performance of their duties: 1° Members of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-2-2

Without prejudice to any criminal proceedings that may be brought, where a veterinary medicinal product is placed on the market or used without having obtained the prior authorisation or registration…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Mortgages

Article R313-23

…urance contract provided for in article L. 313-30 before the loan offer mentioned in article L. 313-24 is issued, the lender and the delegated insurer exchange the following information: 1° The lender…

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