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Showing 40214030 of 23469 articles for Art. Cass. ch. mixte 23-11-2004 n° 02-11.352

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Relations with the statutory auditors

Article L612-43

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may, when the situation so warrants and under conditions laid down by decree, appoint an additional auditor to the undertakings mentioned in A of I…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Overseas application of the provisions of European Union law on monetary and financial matters

Article L712-7

I. - The Minister responsible for the economy shall determine, in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the conditions of application of the foll…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Investment service providers

Article L773-28

I.-Subject to the provisions of II and III, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the sam…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Investment services providers

Article L775-22

I.-Subject to the provisions of II and III, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Commercial leases.

Article R145-1

A lessor who has not made known the amount of rent he is proposing under the conditions of article L. 145-11 may request a change in the lease price at a later date, by bailiff's deed, by registered l…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 12: Notice

Article R5121-149

The package leaflet is drawn up in accordance with the summary of product characteristics. It includes a standard text, expressly inviting patients to report any suspected adverse reaction to their do…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions relating to the entry into national territory of the elements or products of the human body mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 when they are not authorised in the Member State of origin

Article R1245-15

I. - The application for authorisation provided for in the second paragraph of I of Article L. 1245-5 for products from Member States of the European Union or parties to the Agreement on the European…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Institutions responsible for regulation and control

Article R783-13

The Credit Advisory Committee instituted by Article 101 of Organic Law No. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polynesia is consulted by the High Commissioner of the Republ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Municipal finances.

Article D2573-61

I. - The consultative commission for assessing the burdens of the communes, provided for in Article 11 of Law no. 2004-193 of 27 February 2004 supplementing the Statute of Autonomy of French Polynesia…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: International trade marks and European Union trade marks

Article R717-1

The articles R. 712-3(2°, d), R. 712-9 to R. 712-11, R. 712-13 to R. 712-19, R. 712-23 and R. 712-23-1, R. 714-2 R. 714-4 to R. 714-8 and R. 716-1 to R. 716-14 shall apply to international trademark r…

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