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Showing 18311840 of 3089 articles for Art. 23 nov. 2011

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article D532-21

Where, pursuant to I ofArticle L. 532-23, an investment firm or credit institution wishes to provide custody account keeping services in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation of the company

Article R743-139-25

…the date on which it occurs, of any change in the situation declared pursuant to article R. 743-139-23.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Provisions applicable to employer groups

Article D6325-26

The State aid provided for in articles D. 6325-23 and D. 6325-24 is allocated each year, depending on the number of support sessions planned by the employers' group. It is calculated on a flat-rate ba…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local semi-public companies.

Article D1862-1

…y of French Polynesia, under the conditions laid down by the provisions adopted pursuant to Article 23 of Law no. 2004-193 of 27 February 2004 supplementing the autonomous status of French Polynesia.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Provisions relating to accountants.

Article D1874-1

…to D. 1617-21, R. 1617-22, as it read prior to Decree no. 2018-967 of 8 November 2018, and D. 1617-23 shall apply to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control

Article L214-24-21

…ered into for that purpose, acquire control of a company or issuer referred to in Article L. 214-24-23;2° AIFs or their management companies cooperating with one or more other AIFs or their management…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-17

…et, these authorities shall forward the declaration to the department referred to in Article L. 561-23, within the timeframe and in accordance with the procedures defined by decree of the Conseil d'Et…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Programming projects representing programming commitments

Article R212-40

…sted in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R251

I. - With the exception of articles R. 15-29 to R. 15-33-23, R. 15-33-43 and R. 15-33-59, R. 48-1, the I of article R. 49-8-3, articles R. 49-8-5 to R. 49-19, R. 53-51 to R. 53-56, R. 63, R. 64, R. 93…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Right of withdrawal applicable to distance and off-premises contracts

Article L221-27

…any ancillary contract, at no cost to the consumer other than those provided for in articles L. 221-23 to L. 221-25.

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