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Showing 31813190 of 5132 articles for Art. 13 nov. 1997

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Definitions and missions

Article L721-22

…of the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer shall be liable to the penalties provided for inArticle 226-13 of the French Criminal Code for violating the professional secrecy referred to in the first parag…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Master and feeder undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities

Article R214-31-1

…0% of the units or shares of the master UCITS.II. - The condition mentioned in 4° of Article R. 214-13 does not apply to the master French or foreign UCITS whose acquisition is envisaged by the feeder…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Announcement of results and disputes relating to the election of consular judges.

Article R723-22

Votes are counted by the committee provided for in article L. 723-13. The results are announced publicly by the chairman of the committee. The list of elected candidates, drawn up in descending order…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Document retention periods

Article R2223-55-1

The prior declarations and supporting documents mentioned in articles R. 2213-2-2, R. 2213-5, R. 2213-7, R. 2213-8, R. 2213-8-1, R. 2213-10, R. 2213-13, R. 2213-14, R. 2213-21 and R. 2213-28 are kept…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Expenditure by communes and groups of communes for municipal secondary and special education establishments (R).

Article D2321-9

…nditure to be taken into account is the property rental expenditure provided for in article D. 2321-13.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Revenue from the investment section.

Article R2331-4

…rts and road transport services in connection with railways, are determined by decree no. 77-785 of 13 July 1977 relating to the levying of temporary local surcharges.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to the Autorité des marchés financiers

Article D632-3-3

…nable the monitoring and implementation of the single position limits referred to in Article L. 420-13.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Risk assessment

Article R4453-11

…mployer determines and implements the preventive measures and means provided for in Article R. 4453-13. These provisions are not required when the following cumulative conditions are met: 1° The value…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Infringements of the rules concerning work by young people and by pregnant women, women who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding

Article R4743-2

Failure to comply with the provisions of articles R. 4152-13 to R. 4152-28 relating to breastfeeding rooms is punishable by a fifth-class fine, imposed as many times as there are workers concerned by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cooperation agreements and secondments

Article D5132-18-1

…authorise an intermediary association to derogate from the duration mentioned in 2° of article R. 5132-18 for a maximum renewable period of three years: 1° By taking into account the nature and inten…

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