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Showing 28112820 of 18897 articles for Art. 41 V bis

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-34-9

…o L. 632-4 of the French Commercial Code do not apply to measures decided or authorised by the supervisory board pursuant to Article L. 511-41-5 or by the resolution board pursuant to this section, or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Practice of the profession by postgraduate students, including when on leave of absence

Article D4131-1

In order to be authorised to practise medicine under the conditions laid down in articles L. 4131-2 and L. 4131-2-1, postgraduate medical students, including those who have been placed on leave of abs…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 261 G

Theatrical performances of a pornographic nature indicated in 2° of Article 279 bis may under no circumstances benefit from the exemptions from value added tax provided for by the legislative provisio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Industrial and commercial public services.

Article D2573-21

…article D. 2224-5 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II to V. II. - For the application of article D. 2224-1: 1° In the first paragraph, the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R54-9

The institution may ask the administration in charge of the estates to dispose of movable property placed in the hands of justice that has been handed over to the agency pursuant to the articles 41-5…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Approved funds.

Article R214-200

The regulations or articles of association of a professional undertaking for collective real estate investment set out the rules for the constitution and composition of the undertaking's assets and th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L515-1-1

The equity capital of a finance company may not be less than the amount of initial capital required at the time of its authorisation.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L515-1

…d to in II of Article L. 511-1, finance companies may carry out any of the following operations:-provide payment services, subject to having obtained the authorisation provided for in article L. 522-6…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Miscellaneous goods intermediaries

Article L551-1

I. - An intermediary in various goods is 1° Any person who, directly or indirectly, by means of promotional communication or canvassing, offers on a regular basis to one or more clients or potential c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Miscellaneous goods intermediaries

Article L551-3

Prior to any promotional communication or canvassing, a document must be drawn up, in accordance with the conditions laid down by decree, to provide the public with all relevant information about the…

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