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Showing 541550 of 25879 articles for Art. CE 7-5-1986 n° 39426

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure

Article 495-5-1

Where the victim of the offence is identified and has been unable to bring a civil action under the conditions provided for in Article 495-2-1 or where no decision has been taken on his or her applica…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-5

I. - Without prejudice to Articles L. 511-41-3 and L. 612-30 to L. 612-34, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may order a credit institution, a class 1 bis investment firm or a finan…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-50-1

I. - If the term of office of a member of the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Board or any other body exercising equivalent functions is terminated as a result of a decision by the Autorité de con…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-20-5

…40 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and contracts or to measure the performance of inves…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-18-5

…010 on the timing, management and other aspects of the auctioning of greenhouse gas emission allowances. The General Regulation specifies the conditions for issuing and withdrawing this authorisation,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Authorised bodies

Article R5211-55-1

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may grant, under the conditions laid down in Article R. 5211-55 and Article 4 of Implementing Regulation…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Authorised bodies

Article R5211-57-1

The General Director of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé regularly checks that the authorised body has the required skills and up-to-date knowledge of the medica…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Authorised bodies

Article R5211-56-1

The Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products) shall carry out surveillance and ongoing monitoring of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Provisions common to inheritances and gifts

Article 779

I. - For the collection of transfer duties free of charge, an allowance of €100,000 is made on the share of each of the ascendants and on the share of each of the children living or represented as a r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Takeover bid

Article L2312-50

If the takeover bid is made by a company that does not have a social and economic committee, the employer informs the employees directly. Similarly, if there is no social and economic committee in the…

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