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Showing 50215030 of 21410 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 21 Sept. 2022 – no. 19-26203

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation with a public offer other than one of those mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

Article L225-8-1

…n the meaning of Article 4 of Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on markets in financial instruments amending Council Directives 85/611/EEC and 93/6/EE…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Control and common provisions

Article L317-1

…ioned by the Minister for the Economy and the officials referred to in articles L. 511-3 and L. 511-21 of the Consumer Code are authorised, in the course of their duties, to investigate and record bre…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 777-3

No interconnection within the meaning of the 3° of I of Article 33 of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms may be made between the automated national…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Authorisations.

Article L6122-4

…ted, authorisation to provide care reimbursable by social security in application of article L. 162-21 of the Social Security Code. In the declaration of commencement of activity, the holder of the au…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Groupements de coopération sanitaire.

Article L6133-1

…of medical data concerning patients. By way of derogation from article L. 6122-4 and article L. 162-21 of the Social Security Code, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency may authorise the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation procedure for bodies responsible for vocational integration and training initiatives

Article R6121-3

…or calculating, monitoring and revising the fair financial compensation referred to in article L. 6121-2-1, which may be set on the basis of forecast costs or actual costs. Provisional costs may be us…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Professional capital gains

Article 93 quater

I. Capital gains realised on fixed assets are subject to the regime of articles 39 duodecies to 39 novodecies.The long-term capital gains or losses regime provided for in Article 39 quindecies is appl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1640

…cle 1609 nonies C and involved in the creation of the new commune pursuant to the I de l'article L. 2113-5 du code général des collectivités territoriales are maintained under the following conditions…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Regime for members of a regulated market

Article L421-17

The rules of the market shall lay down, in a transparent and non-discriminatory manner, the conditions for admission of members based on objective criteria. Without prejudice to the provisions of Arti…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of sums held in the automatic foreign promotion account

Article 721-23

…ire the foreign exploitation rights to cinematographic works mentioned in 1°, 2° and 3° of article 721-6. These sums may not be invested when the foreign sales companies are also the companies that pr…

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