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Showing 31313140 of 21821 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 26 Apr. 2017 – no. 15-27.865

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L785-11

…ight-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 621-30 law no. 2014-1662 of 30 December 2014 L. 621-30-1 Order no. 2019-1067 of 21 October 2019 II.-For the app…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Referral to the European Public Prosecutor's Office

Article 696-111

The alerts provided for in Articles 1 to 3 and 5 of Article 24 of Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation in relation to the establishment of the Europea…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article L236-46

…with one or more companies falling within the scope of paragraph 1 of Article 160b of Directive EU 2017/1132 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on certain aspects of compan…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Removal from the list of jobseekers

Article R5412-7

When considering taking a decision to deregister, the Director referred to in article R. 5312-26 shall inform the person concerned in advance, by any means giving a date certain, of the facts of which…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article R225-136

In the event of contributions in kind or the stipulation of special benefits, the contribution auditors are appointed and carry out their duties under the conditions set out in article R. 22-10-7. The…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Economic redundancies in the context of safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation.

Article L1233-59

The deadlines provided for in article L. 1233-15 for sending letters of dismissal for economic reasons are not applicable in the event of receivership or compulsory liquidation. A decree of the Consei…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Foreign nationals temporarily residing on French territory

Article D426-12

The authorisation referred to in Article L. 426-21 is issued to an association or foundation that has been in existence for at least three years and holds the authorisation provided for in article 15…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title VII: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L271-1

The third paragraph of article L. 211-26 and articles L. 212-1 to L. 212-3 are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version in force at the time of promulgation of the aforementioned law…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Unjustified geographical blocking

Article L132-24-1

…tablishment of customers in the internal market and amending Regulations (EC) No 2006/2004 and (EU) 2017/2394 and Directive 2009/22/ EC, consisting of: 1° Blocking or restricting a customer's access t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L571-4

…e company or one of the legal entities or subsidiaries referred to in Articles L. 612-24 and L. 612-26 to respond, after formal notice, to requests for information from the Autorité de contrôle pruden…

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