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Showing 95119520 of 10201 articles for Art. CE 29-9-1989 n° 68212

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 1

Heading 1-General administration 10. Consignment and financial investment of certain funds 101. Consignment Agreement or court decision having the force of res judicata (1) or, where applicable, consi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L221-2

Excluded from the scope of this chapter are:

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to securitisation companies

Article L214-179

…l, to the extraordinary general meeting;2° The same natural person may simultaneously hold five offices as managing director, member of the management board or sole managing director of a securitisati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Investor guarantees

Article L322-2

…olution after obtaining the opinion of the Autorité des marchés financiers, as soon as the latter ascertains that one of the institutions mentioned in Article L. 322-1 is no longer in a position to re…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Consolidated and combined financial statements

Article L345-2

…ation of the provisions of the first two paragraphs of Article L. 233-17 of the Commercial Code , except in cases where the undertakings listed below are controlled by a société de groupe mixte d'assu…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Managing Director

Article R411-17

…irector of the Agency is appointed by decree on the report of the Minister for the Economy and Finance and the Minister for Tourism. He organises and manages the agency. In particular, he is responsib…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Elements constituting a trade mark

Article L711-2

…ements or indications which may serve to designate, in trade, a characteristic of the goods or service, and in particular the kind, quality, quantity, intended purpose, value, geographical origin, or…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title I: OBLIGATION TO LEAVE FRENCH TERRITORY

Article L611-3

…eign nationals who can prove by any means whatsoever that they have been ordinarily resident in France since reaching the age of thirteen; > 3° Foreign nationals who have been legally resident in Fran…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article L612-19

I. - The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall have at its disposal the resources provided by the Banque de France.The Secretary General of the Autorité commits the expenditure of the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R3361-3

…eleted; 3° In Article R. 3122-2, the words "in the Official Journal of the European Union" are replaced by the words "in the Official Journal of French Polynesia"; 4° The first paragraph of Article R.…

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