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Showing 28612870 of 48231 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26 April 1984 · Cass. com. 4 May 1982 · CA Grenoble 21 December 2006

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties

Article R621-42

The Autorité des marchés financiers shall, where appropriate, inform the European Commission and the competent authorities of the other Member States of the European Union of the decisions it takes pu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties

Article R621-41

When one of the legal entities referred to in II of Article L. 621-9 is temporarily or permanently banned from trading or temporarily suspended from trading, the Chairman of the Autorité des marchés f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation

Article R4641-4

…is appointed by order of the Minister for Labour under the conditions set out in III of Article R. 4641-3. The Secretary General, who assists the Vice-Chairman in his duties, is appointed by order of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to certain offences against the rules governing public land transport services

Article 529-4

…e operator for whose benefit the security service is provided, of a fixed indemnity and, where applicable, the sum due in respect of the transport.I. - This payment is made:1 Either, when the offence…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter II: Recording of offences.

Article 456

All persons called upon in the course of their duties or responsibilities to intervene in the application of the laws and regulations governing financial relations with foreign countries are bound by…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 4: Cost control of contracts awarded by the State and its public establishments

Article L2196-4

…te or its public establishments for which the special nature of the techniques, the small number of candidates with the required skills, reasons of secrecy or reasons of imperative urgency or crisis d…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions common to protected adults

Article 419

Persons other than the legal representative for the protection of adults carry out legal protection measures free of charge. However, the guardianship judge or the family council if it has been consti…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Authorisation and prior declaration

Article R331-4

…t-making sporting, recreational or cultural events where the public and staff involved in the event may number more than 1,500 people, either in terms of the number of seats or the surface area reserv…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 4

The civil action for compensation for the damage caused by the offence provided for in Article 2 may be brought before a civil court, separately from the public action. However, judgment on this actio…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter II: Recording of offences.

Article 453

…1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure are forwarded to the Minister for the Economy and Finance, who may refer the matter to the public prosecutor if he considers it appropriate.

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