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Showing 27612770 of 3358 articles for Art. 20 févr. 2001

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Provisions relating to the adoption and implementation of a measure to reduce and convert own funds instruments

Article L613-48-5

…greement of the resolution college or by its parent undertaking within the meaning of III of L. 511-20 with the agreement of the resolution college acting as resolution authority on a consolidated bas…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article L3332-16

…in this company or shares issued by companies created under the conditions provided for in article 220 nonies of the General Tax Code, as well as shares in a company in the same group within the meani…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Qualifications required.

Article R321-18

…ation; 4° Have passed the examination for access to the traineeship provided for in articles R. 321-20 to R. 321-25; 5° Have completed the training period referred to in 4° under the conditions provid…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 8: Commission for Inter-municipal Cooperation in French Polynesia

Article L5842-11

…the percentage: "60%";2° In 2° of the same I, the percentage: "40%" is replaced by the percentage: "20%" and the words: "having their registered office in the department," as well as the words: "with…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-19

…mented by the central service for the preservation of biological samples mentioned in article R. 53-20-1. This processing may include a common reference number with the national automated genetic fing…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Penalties and suspicious transaction reports

Article L783-9

…the 9th and 10th paragraphs of d) and h) of its II, d) of its III and 3° of its III bis Order no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 621-16 and L. 621-16-1 Law 2016-819 of 21 June 2016 L. 621-17 Ordin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks, composition and operating rules

Article L785-6

…pplicable In the wording resulting from L. 621-1 with the exception of its second paragraph Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 621-2 Law no. 2021-1308 of 8 October 2021 L. 621-3 Act no . 2019-486 of 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General rules governing the composition of assets

Article R214-13

…ndertakings for collective investment and investment funds referred to in 3° of I of Article L. 214-20 include units or shares of UCITS governed by French or foreign law or units or shares of FIAs gov…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations arising from the results of location surveys

Article R1334-29-3

…carried out in accordance with the conditions laid down in the order referred to in article R. 1334-20, within a maximum of three years from the date on which the results of the inspection are submitt…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Seniority requirements

Article D6323-9

…cident.II -Seniority acquired under :1° An employment support contract mentioned in article L. 5134-20 ; 2° an apprenticeship contract mentioned in article L. 6221-1 ; 3° A professionalisation contrac…

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