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Showing 38713880 of 31856 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 14 June 2000 · Cass. com. 18 January 2011 · Cass. com. 22 March 2017 · CA Versailles 21 December 2001 · Cass. com. 11 July 2000

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision on a consolidated basis by a competent authority of another Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L613-21-4

…h 1 of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, on 1°, 2° or 3° of II of Article L. 613-20-4 or on the measures to be taken in the presen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision on a consolidated basis by a competent authority of another Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L613-21-7

…asures against the parent undertaking of the group equivalent to those provided for in Articles L. 511-41-5 or L. 612-34-1, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall provide all the c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Mobility leave

Article L1237-18-3

…123-2. For the first twelve months of the leave, which may be extended to twenty-four months in the case of retraining, this remuneration is subject to the same social security regime as the allowance…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Radiation .

Article R4722-21-3

The employer must prove that he has referred the matter to the body referred to in Article R. 4722-21-2 within the time limit set and must forward the results of the technical inspection to the Labour…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L562-14

I. - When a credit institution is designated in application of article L. 312-1 to open an account for a person subject to a measure freezing funds and economic resources, it shall seek prior authoris…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal proceedings.

Article L2262-14

…or arrangement must, on pain of inadmissibility, be brought within two months of : 1° of the notification of the company agreement provided for in article L. 2231-5, for organisations with a trade un…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4221-14

Pharmacists may use their evidence of formal qualifications in the language of the State which awarded them. He must indicate the place and establishment where he obtained it.In cases where the eviden…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Injunction to do.

Article 1425-7

…n to act has been complied with within the time limit, the claimant informs the court registry. The case is removed from the roll. Failing such notification and if the claimant fails to appear at the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Powers of the President of the Territorial Council

Article LO6252-14

…nal a request for an opinion on the interpretation of the status of Saint-Barthélemy or on the applicability in the collectivity of a legislative or regulatory text. In the event of serious difficulty…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Powers of the President of the Territorial Council

Article LO6352-14

…e court a request for an opinion on the interpretation of the status of Saint-Martin or on the applicability in the collectivity of a legislative or regulatory text. In the event of serious difficulty…

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