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Showing 701710 of 58756 articles for Art. Cass. com. 19 June 1984 · CA Paris 2 March 1984 · Cass. com. 2 May 1972 · Cass. civ. 9 May 1962

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
c: Other procedural acts

Article R40-19

…acknowledgement of receipt. A copy of the decision is given to the public prosecutor at the Cour de cassation. A copy of the decision is also sent, at the Ministry of Justice, to the commission for mo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1213-19

…and sends it to the members at least seven days before the date of the meeting.The convening notice may be sent by any means, including by fax or e-mail. The same applies to any papers or documents re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Reporting obligations.

Article R5121-196

…to prescribe, dispense or administer medicinal products becomes aware of an adverse reaction which may be due to a blood-derived medicinal product, he/she shall report it immediately, even if he/she…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-19

…ter sports and mountaineering resorts and having a land use plan that was enforceable on 10 January 1985 or a local town planning plan, the provisions of article L. 342-18 apply from the date of appro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article R223-19

If a meeting other than that provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 223-26, the text of the proposed resolutions, the managers' report and, where applicable, the statutory auditors' report…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L621-23

Statutory auditors of portfolio management companies and data communication service providers are bound by professional secrecy with regard to the Autorité des marchés financiers.Statutory auditors ar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L621-25

The Autorité des marchés financiers may ask the statutory auditors of an investment services provider, an AIF, a market undertaking or an intermediary authorised to hold or administer financial instru…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L621-24

…ister financial instruments of which they have become aware in the course of their duties and which may constitute a breach of the provisions of the AMF General Regulation relating to the rules of con…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L621-22

I. - (Repealed) II. - The Autorité des marchés financiers may ask the statutory auditors of persons whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market for any information on the persons th…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial and accounting system

Article R411-19

The Agency is subject to the provisions of Titles I and III of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, with the exception of 1° and 2° of article 175, ar…

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