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Showing 49214930 of 22854 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 24 Sept. 2013 – no. 12-21.089

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Master and feeder undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities

Article R214-31

…S in another UCITS governed by French or foreign law may not exceed the limit set in article R. 214-24 unless it has been authorised by the Autorité des marchés financiers to be constituted as a feede…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article L513-32

…513-26-1, it shall verify compliance with the requirements of Article 129 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of 26 June 2013 under the conditions defined by order of the Minister for the Economy.When the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1° ter: Rural regeneration zones. Rental housing acquired and improved with financial assistance from the Agence nationale de l'habitat (National Housing Agency)

Article 1383 E bis

…ises classified as furnished tourist accommodation under the conditions provided for in article L. 324-1 of the Tourism Code;d) Bed and breakfast accommodation within the meaning of article L. 324-3 o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L613-34-2

…otection system that meets the requirements of paragraph 7 of Article 113 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 or other cooperative mutual solid…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Ethics

Article R261-8

…ately put an end to any conflict of interest, within the meaning of paragraph 1 of article 2 of Law no. 2013-907 of 11 October 2013 on the transparency of public life, which may arise in the performan…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-54

…of the periodic information referred to in article L. 214-53.II. - The provisions of article L. 214-24-53 apply under the same conditions to the auditor of the undertaking for collective real estate i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Informing the administrative authority.

Article L1233-46

…where applicable, the employer's intention to open the negotiations provided for in article L. 1233-24-1. The mere fact of opening such negotiations before this date may not constitute an obstacle to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Recording of offences.

Article L6363-1

…draw up official reports on the offences provided for in articles L. 6355-1 to L. 6355-22, L. 6355-24 and L. 6363-2. Checks are carried out under the conditions laid down in this Title. The Public Pr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: Protection of the identity of certain officials involved in criminal proceedings

Article R2-19

…st working day following its issue. Without prejudice to the provisions of articles R. 2-22 to R. 2-24, this authorisation is valid until a judicial decision putting an end to the proceedings has beco…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Apprenticeship programme authorisation procedure

Article R1161-16

…matique et des libertés to create the personal data processing referred to in 6° of article R. 1161-24 in application of article 25 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technolog…

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