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Showing 831840 of 40442 articles for Art. Cass. ass. plén. 24 April 1970 · Cass. 1re civ. 11 December 2001 · Cass. com. 24 January 2006 · Cass. com. 31 May 1988

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Provisions applicable to investment services providers relating to the design and distribution of financial instruments

Article L533-24-1

…ts, have appropriate systems in place to obtain the information referred to in 3° of Article L. 533-24 and to understand the characteristics and identify the target market defined for each financial i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Management mandates

Article L518-24-1

…se des Dépôts et Consignations, within the framework of the missions mentioned in Article L. 518-2, may, after authorisation from the ministers responsible for the economy and the budget and by writte…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Master and feeder general purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-61

…fund shall monitor the activity of the master AIF or UCITS. In order to fulfil this obligation, it may rely on the information and documents received from the master AIF or UCITS or, where applicable…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Pledge of goods represented by a storage receipt

Article R522-24-4

In support of his request to the platform manager for entry in the register of the pledge of goods represented by a warehouse receipt, the creditor shall provide the following information: 1° Designat…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Administrative levy

Article R512-24-1

…re made available on the market by means of a remote communication technique, the authorised agents may order, where applicable under the conditions provided for in Article L. 512-16, of goods in orde…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors

Article L1424-24-2

The department's representatives are elected by the departmental council from among its members within four months of its renewal. Lists of candidates must be composed alternately of one candidate of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3a: Appeals to the Paris Court of Appeal against notifications made by the Competition Authority

Article R464-24-10

The appeals provided for in article L. 464-8-2 shall be lodged by means of a written declaration in triplicate lodged against a receipt at the registry of the Paris Court of Appeal containing, on pain…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Dissolution and liquidation of the company

Article R5125-24-13

…es where the company is registered, for inclusion in the file opened in the name of the company. He may not take up his duties until the aforementioned formalities have been completed.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-24-1

…resenting students in the third cycle of medical, odontology and pharmacy studies at national level may designate, each semester, two students in this cycle who are authorised by the Minister for Heal…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 8: Roads

Article L4433-24-1-2

The prefect may, in the event that this has not been done by the president of the regional council and after a formal notice has remained without result, exercise the powers devolved to the president…

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