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Showing 591600 of 37731 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 10-4-1991 n° 725

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Inspections and investigations

Article L621-10

The investigators and auditors may, for the purposes of the investigation or audit, ask to be provided with any documents, regardless of the medium used.Investigators and auditors may summon and inter…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article D351-10

…of the same table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR WORDS D. 314-15 to D. 314-17 Resulting from décret n° 2016-884 du 29 juin 2016

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to investment service providers

Article L533-10

I.-Portfolio management companies : 1° Put in place rules and procedures to ensure compliance with the provisions applicable to them, including those set out in Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 648/20…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Content of the framework document

Article R5422-10

The framework document referred to in Article L. 5422-20-1 includes: 1° Financial trajectory objectives, expressed in accordance with national accounting conventions; 2° The timeframe within which neg…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Breaches of health and safety at work, working hours, rest periods and pay

Article R8115-10

Notwithstanding Article R. 8115-2, when the Regional Director for Business, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employment decides to impose an administrative fine on the basis of Articles L. 47…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Joint and several liability of those responsible

Article L481-10

…thin the category of small and medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of the article 51 of law n° 2008-776 of 4 August 2008 on modernisation of the economy and the regulatory measures taken for i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Individual payment transactions

Article L314-10

Where a payment order for an individual payment transaction is transmitted via a payment instrument covered by a payment services framework contract governed by the provisions of Subsection 2 or a dep…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Time limits

Article R4126-10

The six-month period provided for in article L. 4124-1 runs from the date of receipt by the Disciplinary Chamber of first instance of the complete complaint file. On expiry of this period, any party m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conciliation.

Article R742-10

The National Conciliation Commission comprises :- The Minister in charge of the Merchant Navy or his representative, Chairman ;- A representative of the Minister of Labour;- Six representatives of shi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Products not eligible for direct marketing

Article L341-10

Without prejudice to the special rules applicable to the marketing of certain products, the following may not be marketed: 1° Products for which the maximum risk is not known at the time of subscripti…

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