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Showing 211220 of 43491 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 3 Apr. 2012 – no. 11-13.527

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Clearing houses

Article R764-11

…ticle R. 440-1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the version resulting from Decree no. 2014-498 of 16 May 2014.II. - For the application of I:1° After the words: "l'Autorité des march…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Clearing houses

Article R762-11

…ded for in II, Article R. 440-1 is applicable in New Caledonia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2014-498 of 16 May 2014.II. - For the application of I:1° After the words: "l'Autorité des march…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
10°: National artistic heritage

Article 1131

I. - Subject to the provisions of article 1020, the purchaser, donee, heir or legatee of a work of art, books, collectors' items or documents of high artistic or historical value, is exempt from trans…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Authorities responsible for the conduct of criminal policy, public prosecutions and investigations

Article 11

…bound by professional secrecy under the conditions and under the penalties provided for in Article 434-7-2 of the Penal Code.However, in order to avoid the dissemination of incomplete or inaccurate in…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: The application and the divorce proceedings

Article 1109

In urgent cases, notwithstanding Articles 1107 and 1108, the family affairs judge, seised by petition, under the conditions of the second and third paragraphs of Article 840 and of Article 841, may au…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 116

…ake requests for acts or petitions for annulment on the basis of the articles 81,82-1,82-2,156and 173 during the course of the information and, if it has so requested, within one month or three months…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 111

…eration and benefits;d. The portion of remuneration that is not deductible under 1° of 1 of Article 39 ;e. Expenses and charges whose deduction for corporation tax purposes is prohibited by virtue of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 114

…e applicable by a means of telecommunication in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 803-1. The issue of the first copy of each document or deed in the file is free of charge. Where the c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Purchases for resale

Article 1115

…nsisting of sales by lots triggering the right of pre-emption provided for in the article 10 of law no. 75-1351 of 31 December 1975 relating to the protection of occupants of residential premises or t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Educational assistance

Article 1184

The provisional measures provided for in the first paragraph of article 375-5 of the Civil Code, as well as the information measures provided for in article 1183 of this code, may only be taken, excep…

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