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Showing 80318040 of 25376 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 7 Oct. 1997 – JurisData 1997-003951

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recording by bankers of cheque payment incidents due to insufficient funds.

Article R131-12

…que was refused payment; 6° The reason for the refusal to pay and the amount of insufficient funds; 7° An indication, if applicable, that the cheque was issued in defiance of an injunction issued purs…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope of application

Article R1333-105

…thority may lay down the measures necessary to protect the interests referred to in Article L. 1333-7. These measures may not entail any significant changes:1° to the shell of the installation in whic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Investment research, financial analysis and voting advisory services

Article R544-1

…well as with the stakeholders of these companies and, if so, the scope and nature of this dialogue; 7° The policy for preventing and managing potential conflicts of interest.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Designation of a registrant and a correspondent

Article R561-23

I. - The persons mentioned in 1° to 7°c of Article L. 561-2 shall inform the department mentioned in Article L. 561-23 and their supervisory authority designated in Article L. 561-36 of the identity o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Specific supervision of credit institutions

Article R613-36

…in Articles L. 511-22 and L. 511-23 the supervisory and sanctioning powers defined in Sections 5 to 7 of Chapter II of this Title in order to prevent or sanction breaches of the provisions applicable…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation of the company.

Article R814-80

…tisfy the conditions for holding the share capital and voting rights provided for in Article L. 811-7 or Article L. 812-5. In the case of a société pluri-professionnelle d'exercice, the partner has th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to all activities

Article R4424-3

…ing up of plans to be implemented in the event of accidents involving pathogenic biological agents; 7° Detection, if technically possible, of the presence, outside the containment enclosure, of pathog…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation to set up within this perimeter

Article A761-11

The first part of the application to the prefect referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 761-12-1 in duplicate: 1° The applicant's unique identification number and the applicant's identity, i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Post-exposure or post-occupational monitoring

Article R4624-28-3

…ioned in article L. 4624-2-1 or post-professional monitoring defined on the basis of article L. 461-7 of the Social Security Code, the occupational physician informs him/her of the steps to be taken t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Standards

Article D4622-47-4

…ular: 1° The procedures for accreditation of the certification bodies mentioned in article D. 4622-47-2 ; 2° The procedures, method and conditions for issuing certification for inter-company occupatio…

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