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Showing 671680 of 57027 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 5 November 1997 · Cass. 3e civ. 5 January 2017 n° 15-12.605 · Cass. com. 3 December 2003 · Cass. 3e civ. 18 April 2019 n° 18-10.883 · Cass. 1re civ. 12 December 2000 · Cass. 3e civ. 9 February 2011 · Cass. 1re civ. 6 June 2018 n° 17-17.438

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Funds of hedge funds.

Article R214-183

Unless otherwise stipulated, the provisions of articles R. 214-32-9 to D. 214-33 shall apply to AIFs covered by this paragraph.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Funds of hedge funds.

Article D214-184

…n the basis of the number of units or shares in circulation on the date on which it is established; 3° The regulations or articles of association shall determine the conditions under which the fund of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Worker information and training

Article R4453-18

…tromagnetic fields exceeding the values triggering action identified in application of article R. 4453-6 or presenting other risks of indirect effects. The leaflet is intended to inform workers of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Electronic money

Article D753-18

Article D. 315-2 is applicable in French Polynesia as amended by Decree no. 2020-119 of 12 February 2020.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-18

Any sums collected by the administrator or the mandataire judiciaire that are not transferred to the debtor's bank or postal accounts, for the purposes of continuing the business, must be paid immedia…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Procedures before committees

Article R712-18

Notifications made by the commission secretariat to the debtor and creditors by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt are duly made to the address previously indicated by the addressee. In…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Discipline of sworn merchandise brokers

Article R131-18

…ppears that a sworn goods broker may have committed one of the breaches provided for in article L. 131-32, the public prosecutor, either on his own initiative or following a complaint from any interes…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Steering Committee

Article R1418-18

The Policy Board meets when convened by its Chairman, on the initiative of at least one third of its members or at the request of the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Managing Director. The B…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appointment and role of the rapporteur

Article R4234-18

…plicable, by the record of non-conciliation or partial conciliation in accordance with article R. 4233-36, the chairman of the Disciplinary Board shall appoint a rapporteur from among the members of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Obligations where there is a high risk of money laundering or terrorist financing

Article R561-18

I. - For the purposes of 1° of article L. 561-10, a person exposed to particular risks by virtue of their duties is a person who holds or has held for less than one year one of the following positions…

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