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Showing 15311540 of 18775 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 26 Feb. 2008 – no. 06-20.272

French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Land registration and publicity

Article 1837

…The court may also impose a ban on civic, civil and family rights as provided for by Articles 131-26 and 131-26-1 of the Criminal Code.Where the statement deemed to be fraudulent emanates from one o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Internal regulations

Article R1423-27

…by this panel are enforceable after being approved under the conditions set out in article R. 1423-26. If, at the end of a period of one month from the date on which it was set up, the panel has not…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Third-party financing companies.

Article R518-74

…respected, particularly with regard to the applicable provisions of the Consumer Code and articles 26-4 to 26-8 of the aforementioned law no. 65-557 of 10 July 1965; 4° Have their annual accounts cer…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Penalties.

Article L328-5

…612-33 of the Monetary and Financial Code, is punishable by the penalties set out in article L. 310-26.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supplementary supervision of financial conglomerates

Article L633-8

Articles L. 612-24, L. 612-26 and L. 612-44 apply to all entities located in a Member State or another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, whether regulated or not, that are pa…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: French Office of Immigration and Integration

Article R121-31

…ting officer.Revenue and imprest accounts may be set up in accordance with the provisions of Decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019 relating to the revenue and imprest accounts of public bodies.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: Residence permits for professional purposes

Article R421-59

…rights and obligations under Directive 2014/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purpose…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Redistribution and inter-professional fund for access to law and justice

Article R444-22

…llation or maintenance of these professionals in the geographical areas mentioned in Article R. 444-26.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article R2224-29-1

For the application of articles R. 2224-26 and R. 2224-29, the opinion of the deliberative body of the municipality or group of local authorities is deemed to be favourable when the latter, duly reque…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Governance of investment firms

Article R533-21

…ents that may be fully converted into Tier 1 core capital instruments as defined by Regulation (EU) no. 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013.

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