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Showing 23112320 of 20574 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 17 July 2001 – no. 97-20018

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: FIAs open to professional investors

Article L742-9

…of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 214-143 to L. 214-150 Order no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013 L. 214-151 Act 2014-1 of 2 January 2014 L. 214-152 and L. 214-153 Order…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L743-9

…of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 214-143 to L. 214-150 Order no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013 L. 214-151 Act 2014-1 of 2 January 2014 L. 214-152 and L. 214-153 Order…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: UCITS

Article L214-2

…horised in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Intermediaries or persons authorised to hold financial instruments in custody

Article R774-26

Article R. 542-1 is applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Payment service providers

Article D774-11

Article D. 521-1 is applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Corsica - DOM

Article 575 E bis

I.- (Repealed).II.-For the various tobacco products, the retail selling price applied in Corsica is at least equal to a percentage of the continental selling prices for the same products, set in accor…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Checking and registering applications.

Article R123-95-1

When, in order to prove identity, the declarant produces a national identity card, passport or residence permit, issued by the French authorities, the court clerk verifies that it is valid within the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-57

…rules applicable to sociétés anonymes, with the exception of those provided for in articles L. 225-17 to L. 225-56. The introduction in the Articles of Association of this stipulation, or its deletio…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Support for collective operations

Article 634-5

…intensity rate provided for in Article 3 of Article 19 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 mentioned in Article 631-2 as regards the expenditure mentioned in 3° of Article 634-3.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rejection of the application

Article R612-50

…ent of partial non-compliance of the description or drawings with the provisions of articles L. 611-17, L. 611-18, L. 611-19 (4°) or L. 612-1, notification shall be given to the applicant. The notific…

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