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Showing 21212130 of 4242 articles for Art. 21 January 1997

French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L131-1-2

…rious economic and financial provisions or by venture capital mutual funds referred to inarticle L. 214-28 of the French Monetary and Financial Code, provided that the assets of these funds comprise a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition

Article R621-1

…part in a deliberation or who abstains from sitting pursuant to article 12 of law no. 2017-55 of 20 January 2017 on the general status of independent administrative authorities and independent public…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Funds open to professional investors

Article D744-12

…e right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording 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. 214-20…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Presentation of the diploma

Article A212-104

…tion contract) as well as holders of an employment contract covered by law no. 97-940 of 16 October 1997 relating to the development of activities for the employment of young people. 2° Or at the end…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-8

…European Communities or officials of Member States of the European Union done at Brussels on 26 May 1997, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions laid down in Article 689-1 : 1° Any Community…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial reporting requirements

Article L451-1-6

…ate is responsible for the centralised storage of regulated information, as provided for in Article 21 of Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2004 on the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions specific to building renovation projects

Article R2431-20

…reliminary design studies include the summary preliminary design studies defined in article R. 2431-21 and the final preliminary design studies defined in article R. 2431-22. Preliminary design studie…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-23

…° To allow the inclusion of rules that do not comply with those set by articles L. 123-18 to L. 123-21.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Employee profit-sharing and incentive schemes.

Article R212-5

…947 of 26 November 1987 setting the conditions for application of Chapter I of Order no. 86-1134 of 21 October 1986 as amended relating to employee profit-sharing and employee shareholding in public c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and operation (R)

Article R1425-4

…liance with the incompatibility of mandates provided for in the fourth paragraph of article L. 1424-21.

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