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Showing 74617470 of 65739 articles for Art. 384 and Cass. 1ère civ. 6-3-2013 n° 11-26.728 FS-PBI

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Prevention and settlement of conflicts of exercise of jurisdiction pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 30 November 2009

Article 695-9-55

…tion of article 695-9-54, the provisions of Article 11 relating to the secrecy of the investigation and inquiry shall not prevent the communication by the competent judicial authority pursuant to this…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Investigation, authorisation, refusal, renewal

Article R5121-69-2

…or, where applicable, its code name or international non-proprietary name, its pharmaceutical form and its strength; 3° Specifies the therapeutic indication(s) for which the early access authorisatio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Share savings plan

Article L221-31

…certificates, mutualist certificates mentioned in articles L. 322-26-8 of the French Insurance Code and L. 221-19 of the French Mutual Code and parity certificates mentioned in article L. 931-15-1 of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Share savings plan

Article L221-30

…gs plan. A plan may have only one holder.The plan gives rise to the opening of a securities account and an associated cash account, or, for plans opened with an insurance company, to the signing of a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Share savings plan

Article L221-32

I. - After the fifth year, partial withdrawals of sums or securities and, in the case of capitalisation contracts, partial redemptions do not result in the closure of the equity savings plan.II. - Bef…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Weighting coefficients

Article 211-35

The weighting coefficient is set at :- 1 when the cinematographic work obtains at least 80 points;- 0.97 when the cinematographic work obtains 79 points;- 0.94 when the cinematographic work obtains 78…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Weighting coefficients

Article 211-34

For entry into the automatic cinema production account, the sums calculated are weighted by a coefficient determined according to the number of points obtained by the cinematographic works on the scal…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-32

…any person subject to its supervision to submit for its approval, within twelve months for Class 2 and Class 3 investment firms, a recovery plan including all appropriate measures to restore or stren…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-31

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may give formal notice to any person subject to its supervision to take, within a specified period, any measures intended to bring it into complian…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-30

Where the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution finds that a person subject to its supervision is engaging in practices that are likely to jeopardise the interests of its customers, policyh…

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