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Showing 16811690 of 18775 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 26 Feb. 2008 – no. 06-20.272

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other provisions

Article L632-12

…ôle prudentiel et de résolution may be extended to the legal entities referred to in Article L. 612-26 located in another Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases

Article D3821-12

…4 are applicable to Wallis and Futuna.Articles D. 3121-21 to D. 3121-23-1 and D. 3121-24 to D. 3121-26, in the version resulting from Decree No. 2015-796 of 1st July 2015, shall apply in the Wallis an…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: NATIONAL DATA FILE CONTAINING INFORMATION ON CHARACTERISED PAYMENT INCIDENTS

Article L751-2

The purpose of this file is to provide credit institutions and finance companies mentioned in Title I of Book V of the Monetary and Financial Code, electronic money institutions and payment institutio…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Renewal of residence permit

Article L433-1

…tiannual residence permit bearing the words "ICT seconded employee", provided for in article L. 421-26, and the multiannual residence permit bearing the words "seeking employment or setting up a busin…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 2: Forced sale

Article R221-33

…The choice is made by the creditor, subject to the conditions set out inarticle 3 of the Order of 26 June 1816 establishing the judicial auctioneers and the territorial jurisdiction of the official…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-17-2

…uncil of 17 May 2006, referred to above, and in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 953/2003 of 26 May 2003 to avoid trade diversion into the European Union of certain essential medicinal products…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Technical and safety guarantees

Article A322-41

…tended to affect all or part of the equipment provided for in articles A. 322-21, A. 322-23, A. 322-26, A. 322-28, A. 322-30, A. 322-31, A. 322-35, A. 322-36, A. 322-39 and the second and third paragr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3821-1

…is applicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording resulting from Law No. 2017-1836 of 30 December 2017 on the financing of social security for 2018, with the exception o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Provisions relating to the insurance of vehicles in international traffic and certain other vehicles.

Article R211-27

The provisions of articles R. 211-23 to R. 211-26 do not apply to persons who bring into France vehicles that are normally based in the territory of a State, other than France, referred to in article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Measures to assist production companies

Article 917-1

…automatic financial aids to which the production companies can claim in application of article 211-26, between 14 October and 29 October 2020, are those fixed in article 917-2.

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