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Showing 14711480 of 18298 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 28 Oct. 1986

French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions common to mutual insurance companies with a board of directors and general management and with a supervisory board and management board

Article R322-55-1

…ng scheme for the company's employees under the conditions laid down by Order 86-1134 of 21 October 1986 as amended relating to profit-sharing and employee share ownership.III - Mutual insurance compa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11°: Borrowings by départements, communes and public establishments

Article 133

…of Article 1 of the decree of 31 January 1942 issued for the application of Article 4 of the law of 28 June 1941, and on behalf of these organisations (1); 2° (repealed as from the date of entry into…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Damaged property

Article 1056

I. - 1° Deeds, judgments, documents and writings relating to the application of the law of 28 October 1946 on war damage are, provided that they expressly refer to it, exempt from registration duties…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Other financial provisions

Article D1271-29

…f affiliation between the latter and the issuer or the joint structure mentioned in article D. 1271-28 ;2° Any change in the amount and method of calculation of this remuneration is brought to the att…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Grouped offers

Article L224-42-2

…based on publicly available numbering, 1° and 2° of I and II of Article L. 224-27, articles L. 224-28, L. 224-29, L. 224-33, L. 224-34, L. 224-39, L. 224-40, L. 224-42 and the I of article L. 224-42-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Economic interest groupings.

Article L251-12

…ded for in the two preceding paragraphs, the provisions of articles L. 242-25, L. 242-26 et. L. 242-28, L. 245-8 to L. 245-17 are applicable to the group's directors, to natural persons who are direct…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Financial organisation.

Article L6145-5

…erest and the fixed indemnity for recovery costs mentioned in Articles 39 and 40 of Law 2013-100 of 28 January 2013 containing various provisions for adapting legislation to European Union law in econ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Other service providers

Article L773-38

…ecember 2021 L. 548-3 and L. 548-4 Order no. 2014-559 of 30 May 2014 L. 548-5 Order no. 2016-520 of 28 April 2016 L. 548-6Order no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 II.For the application of the articles…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Other service providers

Article L774-38

…ecember 2021 L. 548-3 and L. 548-4 Order no. 2014-559 of 30 May 2014 L. 548-5 Order no. 2016-520 of 28 April 2016 L. 548-6Order no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 II.For the application of the articles…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Generic specialities

Article R5121-5

…l product. These provisions also apply to the medicinal products mentioned in 4° of Article R. 5121-28. As soon as a medicinal product meets the condition laid down in a of 5° of Article L. 5121-1 to…

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