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Showing 55315540 of 49667 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 15-DCC-47 du 5 May 2015

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-54

…estate investment company or the management company of the real estate investment fund, as the case may be, on the merger, contribution in kind, distribution of interim dividends, demerger, dissolutio…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Automatic transfer

Article L324-5

When an undertaking is subject to an ex officio portfolio transfer procedure, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may, if it considers that the natural or legal persons, other than th…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: State occupation and concession assets

Article L3132-5

…a public service concession, the assets referred to in article L. 3132-4 that have been depreciated during the performance of the concession contract are returned to the assets of the public entity fr…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: European Union trade mark

Article L717-5

An application for a European Union trade mark or a European Union trade mark may only be converted into an application for a national trade mark in the cases provided for in Article 139 of Regulation…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Decision on recognition and enforcement and enforcement and appeals.

Article 728-55

…decision. Where, after adaptation of the custodial sentence or the custodial security measure and deduction from its duration of the deprivation of liberty already undergone, the sentencing decision i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-5

…Association of each Banque Populaire determine the registered office, the territorial area and the duration of the company. They determine the composition of the capital, the proportion in which each…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Choice of award criteria

Article R2352-5

…rmance period, security of supply, interoperability and operational characteristics. Other criteria may be taken into account if they are justified by the purpose of the contract; 2° Or on the sole cr…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Restoration proceedings

Article R613-52

…order or if no observations are made to remove the objection, it will be rejected. The notification may be accompanied by a proposal for rectification. This proposal is deemed to have been accepted if…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the transfer of activities

Article L613-52

The resolution college may decide to transfer, on one or more occasions, to one or more purchasers other than a bridge institution, all or part of the equity securities mentioned in Chapter II of Titl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cooperation and exchanges of information with the authorities of other Member States of the European Union or other States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L632-5

…nce with Article L. 632-2, or in an exchange of information in accordance with Article L. 632-1, it may refuse to comply with such a request only where the request is likely to undermine French sovere…

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