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Showing 57115720 of 9424 articles for Art. CA Versailles 14-11-1996

French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to shooting licences issued by delegated federations

Article R131-47

The shooting licence may be refused or withdrawn by the sports federation that has been delegated by the Minister for Sport under article L. 131-14 from persons registered in the national automated no…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L1343-3

Persons having access to the information provided for in articles L. 1340-5 and L. 1341-1 are bound by professional secrecy under the conditions and subject to the penalties provided for in articles 2…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter V: Professional secrecy

Article L415-1

The agents mentioned in article L. 411-1 and the persons mentioned in article L. 412-3 are bound by professional secrecy with regard to facts, acts or information of which they may have knowledge by r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Offences relating to the depositors' guarantee fund

Article L352-1

Members of the Management Board or Supervisory Board of the Depositors' Guarantee Fund and any person who, by virtue of their duties, has access to documents and information held by the Fund, shall be…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article R22-10-32

For the purposes of the first paragraph of Article L. 22-10-52, the price shall be at least equal to the weighted average of the prices on the last three trading days prior to the start of the public…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Control

Article R752-44-16

For projects carried out under the provisions of article L. 752-1-1, the prefect has a period of two months from the date of receipt of the publications referred to in article R. 752-44-14 to contest…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L773-3

…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
Chapter III: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L733-3

…provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table, shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the ad…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L734-3

I.- Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptation provisions provided for in II and III, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table belo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: National framework revitalisation agreement

Article D1233-48-1

…contribution provided for in articles L. 1233-86 and L. 1237-19-11 respectively; 2° The actions or categories of actions contributing to the creation of activities, the development of employment and…

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