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Showing 16511660 of 35571 articles for Art. CA Amiens 27 March 1968 · Cass. com. 8 October 1991 · Cass. com. 24 November 1992 n° 91-11.055 · Cass. com. 11 January 2000 · CA Paris 17 January 2008 · Cass. com. 26 February 1979 · CA Paris 24 September 1991 · Cass. com. 26 October 1999

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-24-12

The Autorité des marchés financiers may obtain from the depositary, on simple request, all information obtained in the performance of its duties and necessary for the performance of its tasks.If the A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Compensation for victims of benfluorex

Article L1142-24-4

A panel of experts attached to the Office will carry out any investigations required to examine the claim, in accordance with the adversarial principle, and will, if necessary, arrange for an expert o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Assessment

Article L214-24-16

…valuation expert, the AIF or its management company must be able to demonstrate to the Autorité des marchés financiers that:1° This expert is the subject of a compulsory professional registration reco…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Operating rules

Article L214-24-48

…ffecting a general-purpose investment fund or a sub-fund is subject to approval by the Autorité des marchés financiers.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-24

…mum noise limit of 100 dB (A) must not be exceeded.Rules relating to competitors or participantsMedical fitness:- participants must present a medical certificate stating that they are not contraindica…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XLIX: Tax credit for low-income housing associations investing in new housing in overseas France

Article 244 quater X

I. - 1. The low-income housing bodies mentioned in Article L. 411-2 du code de la construction et de l'habitation, with the exception of sociétés anonymes coopératives d'intérêt collectif pour l'acces…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Obligations of the management company, the entity responsible for centralisation and the statutory auditor

Article L214-24-47

The statutory auditor is required to report as soon as possible to the Autorité des marchés financiers any fact or decision concerning the general-purpose investment fund of which he has become aware…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Compensation for victims of benfluorex

Article L1142-24-2

…rs themselves to be the victim of a functional impairment attributable to benfluorex or, where applicable, their legal representative in the case of a minor or their beneficiaries may refer the matter…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to specialised financing bodies

Article D214-240-3

…ules or articles of association of the specialised financing vehicle provide that in the event of a capital loss on the assets held by the specialised financing vehicle, this loss will be allocated eq…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2a: Farm-saved seed

Article L623-24-2

Except in the case of small farmers within the meaning of Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 referred to above, the farmer shall pay compensation to the holders of the plant variety ce…

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