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Showing 38213830 of 34876 articles for Art. CA Douai 4-5-2023 n° 22/00072

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-12-5

Investment service providers, other than asset management companies, shall ensure that they do not remunerate or assess the performance of their employees in a way that undermines their duty to act in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R356-53-1

…n of information represents a disproportionate burden for the groups, having regard to the nature, scale and complexity of the risks to which the group is exposed, taking into account at least : (a) t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Mutual recognition procedure

Article R5121-51-1

…marketing authorisation granted by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, with France acting as the reference State, the holder of this autho…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Mutual recognition procedure

Article R5121-51-2

…European Economic Area, the holder of this authorisation must submit a marketing authorisation application to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Application for marketing authorisation or registration

Article D5141-55-1

…The amount of the fee provided for in 1° of 1 of I of Article L. 5141-8 is set at €500 for an application to transfer the registration of a veterinary medicinal product or a series of homeopathic vet…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article L547-5

…conditions set out in Chapters II, IV and V of Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 of 7 October 2020 are applicable to the provision of the services mentioned in Article L. 547-4, provided that the project prom…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: EXAMINATION OF THE REQUEST FOR TREATMENT OF OVERBELT SITUATION

Article R724-5

If the commission grants the debtor's request, the letter referred to in Article R. 724-4 states that its decision entails the suspension and prohibition of enforcement proceedings against the debtor'…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Administrative organisation (R)

Article R2221-57

…supervision, his signature to the Director; 3° Is the authorising officer of the régie and, in this capacity, prescribes the execution of revenue and expenditure; 4° Appoints staff.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Management entrusted to a public institution in the absence of an agreement.

Article D5427-5

The organisations listed in article D. 5427-4 carry out revenue and expenditure transactions in accordance with normal commercial practice. These transactions are always carried out under double signa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Declaration

Article D1253-5

…each of its members falls; 3° The collective agreement it wishes to apply; 4° The number and qualifications of the employees it plans to employ.

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