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Showing 21312140 of 47047 articles for Art. Cass. com. 7 February 1995 n° 318 · Cass. com. 17 November 1998 · Cass. com. 19 October 1999 · Cass. com. 11 January 2017 n° 15-22.382 · CA Versailles 19 January 2016 · Cass. com. 17 May 1994

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-17

…de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution has established that the conditions set out in Article L. 517-14 are no longer met, the financial holding company, the parent undertaking of a finance company…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Membership and operation of professional associations of banking and payment services intermediaries

Article L519-17

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall specify the terms and conditions for the application of this section.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Consignments and deposits

Article L518-17

Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations is responsible for receiving deposits of any kind, in cash or in financial securities, provided for by law or regulation or ordered either by a court decision or by…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L532-17

…424-9, L. 425-9 and L. 425-10 ; 2° Branches of credit institutions referred to in I of article L. 511-10; 3° Branches of third-country investment firms referred to in Article L. 532-48.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Electronic money issuers

Article L572-17

Failure by the persons referred to in article L. 526-35 of this Code to observe professional secrecy is punishable by the penalties set out in article 226-13 of the French Criminal Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mutual funding of employee trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article L2135-17

…only to the possibility of reimbursing, on presentation of receipts, the travel, accommodation and catering expenses incurred by persons who sit on the management bodies of such organisations.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Delegation hours.

Article L2143-17

Delegation hours are automatically considered as working time and paid at the normal rate. If the employer wishes to contest the use made of delegation time, he must refer the matter to the courts.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Electoral colleges.

Article L2314-17

Where the court, having been seized of the matter prior to the elections, decides to set up a system to monitor the regularity, freedom and fairness of the ballot, the costs incurred by these measures…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L2312-17

The social and economic committee is consulted under the conditions defined in this section on :1° The strategic orientations of the company ;2° The economic and financial situation of the company;3°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article L2316-17

…compulsory by a legislative or regulatory provision or by a collective labour agreement are automatically included on the agenda by the Chairman or the Secretary. The agenda is communicated to the mem…

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