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Showing 15911600 of 19566 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 19 Nov. 2014

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Funds open to professional investors

Article D743-12

…column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the version resulting from the decreeD. 214-187-1n° 2014-87 of 30 January 2014D. 214-188 and D. 214-195no. 2013-687 of 25 July 2013D. 214-202-1n° 2014-8…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Interception of telecommunications correspondence

Article D32-2

…fication provided for in Article 100-8 shall be made using the form set out in Annex C to Directive 2014/41/EU of 3 April 2014 on the European Investigation Order in criminal matters.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Complementary local currency certificates

Article L311-5

…l currency securities may be issued and managed by one of the persons mentioned in Article 1 of Law 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 on the social and solidarity economy whose sole corporate purpose is this.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article D811-1-2

…nd column of the same table: Applicable Provisions As amended byArticle D. 411-1-3 Decree no. 2020-119 of 12 February 2020Article D. 411-19-2 Decree no. 2020-225 of 6 March 2020 Articles D. 412-7 to D…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-21

…Capital Requirement calculated on the basis of consolidated data in accordance with Article R. 356-19 appropriately reflects the risk profile of the group, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article R225-47

…e requirements for an advanced electronic signature set out in Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Feasibility assistance

Article 632-4

…he expenses mentioned in 3 (a, b, d and e) and 4 of Article 25 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 referred to in Article 631-2.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments.

Article R123-222-2

…egal unit belongs to the social and solidarity economy pursuant to 1° of II of Article 1 of Law No. 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 on the social and solidarity economy.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L775-3

…ng resulting from L. 511-9 and L. 511 10 Order no. 2021-796 of 23 June 2021 L. 511-11 Ordinance no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 511-12-1 Order no. 2015-1024 of 20 August 2015 L. 511-12-2 Law no. 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and penalties

Article R784-18

…R. 621-32 and R. 621-33n° 2012-100 of 26 January 2012R. 621-34n° 2018-572 of 3 July 2018R. 621-35n° 2014-498 of 16 May 2014R. 621-35-1 to R. 621-35-4n° 2018-1188 of 19 December 2018R. 621-36n° 2014-49…

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