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Showing 55215530 of 10885 articles for Art. CE 21-10-2013 n° 358873

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L613-34-2

…and the college of resolution shall take into account the nature of the activities of the entity concerned, the composition of its shareholders, its legal form, its risk profile, its size, its legal s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Financial organisation.

Article L6145-5

…payment of the principal, the Director of the Regional Health Agency shall send the authorising officer formal notice to pay within fifteen days of notification by the creditor, the public accountant…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Investment services and related services

Article L321-4

…21-1 are applicable to accounts opened in the books of persons providing investment or related services as provided for in Articles L. 321-1 and L. 321-2.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: "Animator" speciality

Article A212-46

The organisation of the "activity leader" speciality of the vocational diploma in youth, popular education and sport mentioned in article D. 212-21 is set out in the relevant order dated 27 April 2016…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Responsibility of the competent authorities

Article L532-43

I. - The provisions of article L. 532-21-3 are applicable to AIFM established in third countries.II. - The provisions of Article L. 532-25-1 are applicable to portfolio management companies which mana…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-3-1

…the same Regulation. In addition, the following are required to declare their activities to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, under conditions specified by regul…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Ethics

Article R261-8

…3 of the French Commercial Code, by a company in the film and moving image sector; 2° Corporate offices and any interests they hold, or have held over the previous three years, in a company in the sam…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Financial provisions

Article L2513-7

…d the city of Marseille.From 2014, the amount of this contribution may not be less than the difference, if positive, between the resources allocated to the Bouches-du-Rhône department, pursuant to I o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Negotiation procedures in companies with between eleven and fifty employees

Article L2232-23

In companies with between eleven and twenty employees, in the absence of an elected member of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee, articles L. 2232-21, L. 2232-22 and L. 2232-22-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R1124-1

When the research concerns a medicinal product composed in whole or in part of genetically modified organisms, the provisions of articles R. 532-35 to R. 532-44 and R. 533-21 of the Environment Code a…

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