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Showing 19912000 of 20354 articles for Art. Cass. com. 16 September 2014

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other powers

Article L783-10

…and column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 621-18 Law no. 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 L. 621-18-1 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 621-18-2 law no. 2016-…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Support for projects

Article 633-5

…c) and (6), Article 28(3), 4 of Article 29 and 4 of Article 31 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 referred to in Article 631-2, as well as the total amount of de minimis aid pro…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Investments

Article R385-15

…of Article 3(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on credit rating agencies, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation and mission

Article D561-35

…on, are public servants and employees made available pursuant to Article 13 of Decree no. 85-986 of 16 September 1985 relating to the special status of certain positions of State employees and to cert…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-3-1

…s with an accepted market practice, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(9) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Investment services and related services

Article L321-2

…ised account-keeping service within the meaning of Section A of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 on improving securities settlement in the European Union and on central securities depositories…

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

Article 634-5

…le, the 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 Articl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Suspicious transaction reports

Article L621-17-6

…621-2, members of its staff and officers, from disclosing information gathered pursuant to Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions

Article L1128-3

…5 to L. 1121-8 and Article L. 1122-1-2 and in breach of Articles 31 to 34 of Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on clinical trials on medicinal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Other provisions

Article D4021-5

…ticles L. 4241-5 and L. 4241-14, representative of the profession within the meaning of Articles L. 162-33 of the Social Security Code, L. 2122-5 of the Labour Code, L. 6156-2 and L. 6156-3 of the Pub…

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