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Showing 19711980 of 4468 articles for Art. 18 juin 2014

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inventions by civil servants and public officials.

Article Annexe art. R611-14-1

…de fonctionnaires:-ingénieurs des ponts, des eaux et des forêts régis par le décret n° 65-426 du 4 juin 1965 modifié.-ingénieurs d'agronomie régis par le décret n° 65-427 du 4 juin 1965 modifié.-ingé…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2k: Companies located in priority development zones

Article 44 septdecies

…e General Local Authorities Code in the version in force on the date of publication of the loi n° 2018-1317 du 28 décembre 2018 de finances pour 2019.The classification of communes as priority develop…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Requirements for experience or work placements in addition to the master's degree referred to in article L. 811-5

Article A811-23

In application of Article 1 of the Order of 4 February 2014 establishing the nomenclature of terms for the national master's degree, the title of the degree mentioned in Article L. 811-5 is as follows…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Relations between the High Council and its foreign counterparts

Article R821-20

…ive 2006/43/EC of 17 May 2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council as amended by Directive 2014/56/EU. These agreements may only concern exchanges of information and documents relating to the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Suspension and cancellation of financial instruments

Article L420-10

…to the issuer or the financial instrument in breach of Articles 7 and 17 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse.The Autorité des…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies relating to the provision of direct electronic access to a trading venue

Article L533-10-8

…hemselves, give rise to or contribute to market disruption or be contrary to Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse or the rules of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-88

…market infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology, and amending Regulations (EU) No 600/2014 and (EU) No 909/2014 and Directive 2014/65/EU.The shareholders referred to in the first paragra…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: End of the research period

Article L1233-57-21

…eding the meeting provided for in I of Article L. 1233-30 and after the entry into force of Law No. 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 on the social and solidarity economy.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees

Article L22-10-56

…bodies become aware of inside information within the meaning of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Transfer of the business.

Article L642-4-1

…sation, approval, agreement or authorisation, mentioned in the 1° or 2° of II of Article 1 of Law n°2014-856 of 31 July 2014 relating to the social and solidarity economy, the bidder shall consult the…

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