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Showing 57315740 of 6535 articles for Art. CA Rennes – 17 Dec. 2024 – no. 23/05277

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: The Assize Court

Article D45-1-5

…nt code, if the provisions of the first two paragraphs of article 132-23 of the penal code are applicable, the president shall inform the jurors of the consequences of the sentence pronounced on the s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article L752-15

…visions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article L753-15

…in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operations.

Article R513-8

…least 105%, under the conditions set by order of the Minister responsible for the economy. For the calculation of this ratio, when its assets include receivables guaranteed pursuant to articles L. 21…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 12: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R641-39

…filed by the liquidator with the court registry at the end of a period of six months from the publication of the judgment opening or pronouncing the liquidation or, where applicable, at the end of a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to portfolio management companies

Article R533-16-0

…osures referred to in II of Article L. 533-22 include the following information: 1° The most significant medium- and long-term risks associated with the investments made under the contract; 2° The com…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Internal control

Article R561-38-4

…organisation of the internal control system and the internal control activities that these persons carry out to ensure compliance with the obligations laid down in Chapter I of this Title. These proc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation and mission

Article D561-33

…transmitting the intelligence referred to inArticle L. 811-2 of the Internal Security Code, in its capacity as the specialised intelligence service designated by Article R. 811-1 of the same code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R752-44-2

…icle L. 752-6 ;3° Justify that the natural persons by whom or under whose responsibility the certificate of conformity referred to in Article R. 752-44-1 hold a higher education qualification or diplo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I

Article R961-1

…EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market is replaced by the refe…

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