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Showing 12911300 of 27388 articles for Art. CJEU – C-828/18 – 4 June 2020

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Budgetary rules.

Article R712-18-1

…e new chamber may collect revenue and authorise expenditure under the conditions mentioned in 1° to 4° of article R. 712-18 taking as a reference the aggregate of the initial budgets or latest amendin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-18-8

…632-8. This article applies to AIF management companies and AIFs: 1° Relevant to II of article L. 214-24, excluding those mentioned in its last paragraph, and excluding AIFs relevant to I of article L…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-18-2

…nanciers and made public by the latter, under the conditions mentioned in Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regul…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-18-3

…ered to the public on a multilateral trading facility subject to the provisions of II of Article L. 433-3 of this Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-18-6

The Autorité des marchés financiers is responsible for applying the provisions of Articles 4, 5, 9 and 10 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-18-1

…erred to inArticle L. 229-7 of the Environmental Code or the assets referred to in II of Article L. 421-1.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-18-5

…ose penalties on persons authorised under I, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Section 4 of the single chapter of Title II of Book VI. III. - The AMF shall put in place the necessary proc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-18-7

…legated by the European Securities and Markets Authority under the conditions laid down in Article 74 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions applicable where the employer is established in another Member State of the European Community or the European Economic Area

Article L3253-18-7

…t decision taken by the competent foreign authority. The institutions mentioned in article L. 3253-14 are subrogated to the rights of the employees for whom they have made advances.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L3121-18-1

The departmental council ensures the dissemination of information to its elected members by the material means it deems most appropriate. In order to enable the exchange of information on matters with…

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