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Showing 29712980 of 20916 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 29 June 2022 – no. 20-13.228

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article D743-12

…version resulting from the decreeD. 214-187-1n° 2014-87 of 30 January 2014D. 214-188 and D. 214-195no. 2013-687 of 25 July 2013D. 214-202-1n° 2014-87 of 30 January 2014D. 214-206-1 and D. 214-206-2n°…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Mixed holding companies and mixed parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-4-1

…Article 4(1)(3) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013.A mixed parent undertaking of a finance company is a parent undertaking other than a credi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Damaged property

Article 1056

…aw;b) By associations syndicales and cooperatives for reconstruction acting under article 16 of law no. 50-531 of 2 June 1950 and by associations syndicales de remembrement, from some of their members…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5211-14

…2123-25-1 to L. 2123-27, the first and second paragraphs of article L. 2123-28 and article L. 2123-29 apply to members of the deliberative bodies of the public establishments for inter-municipal coop…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Accounts, deposit of funds, controls and miscellaneous provisions

Article R814-47

…also ask the statutory auditor who carried out the audit of his accounts pursuant to article R. 814-29 or a chartered accountant of his choice to attend the audit.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Practice of the profession.

Article R4113-80

…the dissolution of the company and its liquidation under the conditions defined byarticle 26 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies and by the Articles of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article D712-30

…ial Property. Where the trade mark application is filed pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of 14 June 2017 on the European Union trade mark or the Madrid Agreement concerning the International Regi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article LO6262-10

…account presented by the president of the territorial council after transmission, no later than 1st June of the year following the financial year, of the management account drawn up by the accountant…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO CERTAIN LOCAL PUBLIC SERVICES

Article R1426-1

…own in Articles R. 1426-2 to R. 1426-4: 1° In areas identified pursuant to III of article 52 of law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 for confidence in the digital economy and retained in phase I of the pl…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 712-7

…ting of additional aid is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of…

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