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Showing 18011810 of 56566 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 11-1-1989 n° 87-12.720

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-11

I.-In accordance with the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, the Minister for the Economy shall adopt measures aimed at imposing specific conditions, restricting or prohibiting the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to financial investment advisers

Article L573-11

Legal entities declared to be criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in article L. 573-9 shall incur, in addition to the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Payment service providers

Article L572-11

Failure by the directors of a payment institution to prepare accounts in consolidated form, in accordance with III of article L. 522-19, is punishable by a fine of €15,000.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Principles.

Article L2141-11

For the purposes of this Title, the methods for calculating the number of employees are those set out in Articles L. 1111-2 and L. 1251-54.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Trade union meetings.

Article L2142-11

Trade union meetings take place outside participants' working hours, with the exception of staff representatives who may meet during their delegation time.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for exercising general powers

Article L2312-11

The committee carries out its duties without prejudice to the provisions relating to trade union delegates and the collective expression of employees.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions.

Article L2281-11

In companies where no trade union delegate has been appointed or where an agreement on professional equality between men and women and the quality of life and working conditions has not been concluded…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Electoral colleges.

Article L2314-11

The members of the staff delegation of the Social and Economic Committee are elected from lists drawn up by the trade unions for each category of staff:- firstly, by the college of blue-collar and whi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Information and consultation procedure instituted by agreement.

Article L2342-11

Where, instead of setting up a European Works Council, the special negotiating body opts for the establishment of one or more information and consultation procedures, the agreement shall lay down the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope and implementation.

Article L2341-11

By way of derogation from Articles L. 2341-6 and L. 2341-7, the head of the undertaking or of the dominant undertaking in the Community-scale group of undertakings which launches a takeover bid for th…

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