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Showing 741750 of 27955 articles for Art. CAA Douai 4-12-2019 n° 18DA00417

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L562-12

Banking or professional secrecy shall not prevent the exchange of information between the persons and bodies referred to in Article L. 562-4 and the State departments responsible for preparing or impl…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Distribution of funds outside of enforcement proceedings.

Article 1281-5

Failing a challenge within fifteen days of the last notification referred to in the second paragraph of Article 1281-4, the proposed distribution becomes final. Once it has the sum to be distributed,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial holding companies, parent companies of finance companies and investment holding companies

Article L773-12

The provisions 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 ar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial holding companies, parent companies of finance companies and investment holding companies

Article L774-12

The provisions of the articles listed in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Implementing provisions

Article R4313-12

Joint decrees by the ministers responsible for labour, agriculture, customs, industry and consumer affairs lay down : 1° The content of the declaration of conformity for machinery; 2° The model of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation without a public offer or with a public offer referred to in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

Article L225-12

Where no public offer is made, or where a public offer mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or article L. 411-2-1 of the same code, the provisions of subsection…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Combating the presence of lead

Article L1334-12

The procedures for implementing this section, and in particular : 1° The procedures for transmitting the data provided for in article L. 1334-1 and in particular the way in which anonymity is protecte…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Aid for property investment and leasing granted to businesses in regional aid areas.

Article R1511-12

The amount of aid for property investment that local authorities and their groupings may grant pursuant to Article L. 1511-3 is calculated by reference to the market value of the land and buildings se…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Exposure monitoring

Article R4412-120

For each exposed worker, the employer shall draw up an asbestos exposure sheet indicating : 1° The nature of the work performed, the characteristics of the materials and equipment involved, the period…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions of professional competence.

Article R512-12

I.-When the intermediaries referred to in 3° or 4° of the I of article R. 511-2 and their employees carry on the business of distribution as an ancillary activity to their main professional activity a…

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