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Showing 67616770 of 7791 articles for Art. CA Paris – 26 June 2019 – no. 16/23435

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Other administrative police measures

Article L5145-9

I.-Where a breach of the provisions of Article 104 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 or of the provisions adopted for the application of III of Article L. 5143-2 is established, the admini…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-25

…r reinsurance undertaking with its head office in France referred to in Article R. 356-24, the application for authorisation to be subject to the rules set out in Articles R. 356-26 and R. 356-27. 356…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Mobilisation of mortgage and similar claims

Article L313-42

…t institutions or finance companies to raise long-term receivables intended to finance a property located in France or in the other States of the European Economic Area and guaranteed:by a first-ranki…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obligations to adapt and redeploy.

Article L1233-4

…r economic reasons when all efforts to train and adapt have been made and when the person concerned cannot be redeployed to available jobs located in France in the undertaking or other undertakings in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions

Article L1128-1

As stated in article 223-8 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below: "The fact of carrying out or having carried out on a person the research mentioned in 1° or 2° of article L. 1121-1 or a clinical tri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Central body for savings banks and banques populaires

Article L512-106

The central body of the caisses d'épargne et des banques populaires is the central body of the cooperative banking group made up of the banques populaires and caisses d'épargne networks and other affi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Takeover bid

Article L2312-48

…trol it or that it controls within the meaning ofArticle L. 233-16 of the Commercial Code. An identical sanction applies to the offeror, a natural person, who fails to attend the social and economic c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Ingredients and emissions

Article L3512-17

…C) No 1907/2006 of 18 December 2006 and Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of 16 December 2008, toxicological data and the health effects of the product, the reason for the use of the ingredients and a gene…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Subscription, purchase or pledging by companies of their own shares

Article L22-10-64

Companies must declare to the Autorité des marchés financiers the transactions they intend to carry out pursuant to the provisions of article L. 22-10-62. This declaration is deemed to have been made…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-18

…controlled by it within the meaning of I and II of Article L. 233-3, services other than the certification of accounts, the total fees invoiced for these other services are limited to 70% of the avera…

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