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Showing 75117520 of 35538 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. – 4 Apr. 2024 – no. 21-22.949

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-4-5

…of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 and the additional capital requirements referred to in Article L. 533-4-4, so that cyclical economic fluctuations do not lead to a breach of those requirements or comprom…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Counterfeiting litigation

Article L716-4-5

…to provide the evidence required, as the case may be, by Article L. 716-2-3 or by Article L. 716-2-4.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Aid to cinematographic companies

Article R1511-41-1

In the case of the creation of a new cinematographic entertainment establishment, the future operator of the establishment produces a file in support of its application comprising:

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Occupational health medical file

Article R4624-45-8

The worker, or in the event of his death any person authorised by Articles L. 1110-4 and L. 1111-7 of the Public Health Code, may request communication of his occupational health medical file in paper…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Transport, searches and seizures

Article R15-41-3

…revious paragraph may be challenged under the conditions set out in the second paragraph of Article 41-4.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article R612-29-4

The request for an opinion referred to in IV of Article L. 612-23-1 must be sent to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution no later than two months and no earlier than six months before…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article L712-4-1

…ersons may file an opposition on the basis of one or more of the rights mentioned in Article L. 712-4, provided that these rights belong to the same proprietor: 1° The proprietor of an earlier trade m…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-4-5

The information notice on the entire contract provided for in c of IV of article 3 of Order no. 2014-696 of 26 June 2014 must contain the information referred to in articles A. 132-4 and A. 132-4-4, i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-4-7

…nseil de résolution unique of any additional capital requirements in accordance with Article L. 533-4-4 and any expected adjustments in accordance with Article L. 533-4-5.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2-4

I.-To prevent a serious threat to the safety of persons and property, officers of the judicial police and, on their orders and under their responsibility, the judicial police officers and deputy judic…

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