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Showing 22712280 of 21547 articles for Art. Cass. com. 25 March 2014

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Authorisation for credit institutions and investment firms to bid directly on behalf of their clients at auctions of greenhouse gas emission allowances

Article L613-70

…e Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, after obtaining the opinion of the Autorité des marchés financiers. The opinion of the Autorité des marchés financiers relates to the conditions men…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 8: Staff

Article R1413-33

…ovisions relating to the State civil service, subject to the provisions of Decree no. 2003-224 of 7 March 2003 laying down the rules applicable to public-sector contract employees recruited by certain…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Aid for redeployment and retraining measures

Article R5522-90

…allowance ceases to be paid when, from the age stipulated in article 2 of order no. 2002-411 of 27 March 2002 relating to health and social protection in Mayotte, the beneficiaries meet the condition…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Equity financing of cinematographic or audiovisual works

Article 238 bis HH

…cribed for must be in registered form. No single person may hold, directly or indirectly, more than 25% of the capital of a company defined in article 238 bis HE. This last provision is no longer appl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Quantitative targets for healthcare provision

Article D6121-7

…34-3:-number of establishments providing a given healthcare activity, as defined in article R. 6122-25;-the number of facilities and services providing psychiatric care, as defined by order of the Min…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity fund for municipalities in the Ile-de-France region

Article L2531-13

…nicipality is subject to a levy under this article and benefits from an allocation under article L. 2531-14, the amount of the levy may not exceed that of the allocation. The levy for municipalities t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article A761-7

Information on trading volumes on markets of national interest is transmitted by their managers to the relevant centre of the market news department, in accordance with procedures to be agreed for eac…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: BORDER CONTROLS

Article L331-2

…in Chapter II of Title II of Regulation 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-26

…y auditors, if any, shall be responsible for ensuring compliance with the provisions of Article L. 225-25 and shall denounce any breach thereof in their report to the annual general meeting.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Innovation partnerships

Article R2372-17

The provisions of articles R. 2172-20, R. 2172-21, R. 2172-23 to R. 2172-25, R. 2172-31 and R. 2172-32 apply.

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