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Showing 52415250 of 23652 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 juin 2009 n° 08-17843

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Issuance and management of electronic money

Article L752-11

…er no. 2017-1433 of 4 October 2017 L. 315-7 and L. 315-8 Law no. 2013-100 of 28 January 2013 L. 315-9Law no. 2016-731 of 3 June 2016

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Central level.

Article L8121-1

…on authority provided for by Convention No. 81 of the International Labour Organisation of 11 July 1947 on labour inspection and Convention No. 129 of the International Labour Organisation of 25 June…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R711-6

…ion Customs Code, the Geneva Convention on the simplification of customs formalities of 3 November 1923 and the Kyoto International Convention on the simplification and harmonisation of customs proced…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article R822-34

…of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC..

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Collection of data and information

Article A444-203

The national professional bodies listed in Article R. 444-17, with the exception of the Conseil national des barreaux, shall transmit by 30 June each year at the latest, either by secure electronic co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for selecting health care organisations

Article R6113-54

The Agence technique de l'information sur l'hospitalisation publishes, for each field of activity on which a study is to be carried out, a call for applications no later than 30 June of the year prece…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Investment recommendations produced or disseminated as part of a journalistic activity

Article L621-31

In accordance with the last paragraph of Article 20 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation) and repealin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Funds open to professional investors

Article D744-12

…and column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 214-187-1n° 2014-87 of 30 January 2014D. 214-188 and D. 214-195no. 2013-687 of 25 July 2013D. 214-202-1n° 201…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Acquisition of rights

Article D5151-15

…ed on his personal training account in respect of the activities mentioned in 3° of article L. 5151-9, with the exception of the thematic civic reservists mentioned in 3°, 4°, 8° and 11° of article D.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Livret A passbook savings accounts

Article L221-3

…on may only hold one Livret A or one Crédit Mutuel special passbook account opened before 1 January 2009. However, low-income housing associations may open one or more Livret A passbook accounts with…

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