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Showing 53215330 of 8110 articles for Art. CA Montpellier 21-12-2011

French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia

Article A424-1

…he members of the first committee ends on 31 December 2011. If a member of this committee loses the capacity for which he was appointed, he shall automatically resign.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition; manager approval or authorisation

Article L425-1

…tion (EU) No 1227/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council, which must be settled by physical delivery.It shall operate in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.The system shall hav…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Information on beneficial owners

Article L561-45-1

…rnational standards guaranteeing adequate transparency for information relating to the ownership of capital; 2° Collective investment schemes; 3° Associations, foundations, endowment funds, sustainabi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article L512-20

The authorised agents and the officers and agents of the judicial police may spontaneously communicate to each other the information and documents held or collected in the performance of their respect…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article R561-3-0

…e XIV of Book III of the Civil Code, or the settlor, administrator, beneficiary or protector in the case of trusts or any other comparable legal arrangement governed by foreign law; 2° He or she holds…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 235 ter ZAA

…n excess of €250 million are subject to an exceptional contribution equal to a fraction of this tax calculated on their taxable income, at the rates mentioned in Article 219, for financial years endin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Medicinal products covered by an early access authorisation or a compassionate access authorisation

Article R5121-144

…of the company manufacturing the medicinal product; 3° The batch number; 4° The route and, if applicable, the method of administration of the medicinal product; 5° The composition in terms of active…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Candidacy requirements

Article R1441-16

…oyment contract. In the absence of such a delegation, professional and managerial staff may only be candidates in the management section of the employees' college.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article R621-39-1

A member of the Enforcement Committee who, without prejudice to the cases provided for in Article 12 of the aforementioned Act of 20 January 2017, assumes that he or she is a ground for disqualificati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors.

Article R1413-13

The Board of Directors may delegate some of its powers to its Chairman or to the Chief Executive Officer, with the exception of the matters referred to in 1°, 2°, 3°, 5°, 7°, 8°, 15°, 16°, 17°, 18°, 1…

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