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Showing 34613470 of 19721 articles for Art. Cass. crim. 22 August 2018

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article L612-18

…t is allocated to the budget of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. The law of 10 August 1922 relating to the organisation of control over expenses incurred does not apply to the Aut…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title IX: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R391-1

…ending Directive 2007/36/EC with a view to promoting long-term shareholder engagement."Articles R. 322-11-1, R. 322-11-2, R. 332-14-2, R. 334-3 and R. 334-11 are applicable to it in their wording resu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Urban policy allocation

Article L2334-41

…with the National Agency for Urban Renewal, as referred to in article 10 of law no. 2003-710 of 1st August 2003 d'orientation et de programmation pour la ville et la rénovation urbaine', on 1st Januar…

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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 Article L. 621-32: - publishers of press publications within the meaning of law no. 86-897 of 1 August 1986 reforming the legal status of the press ;- publishers of radio or television services wi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 6: Financial provisions

Article L5842-9

…ovided for in II and III. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5211-36 law no. 2015-991 of 7 August 2015 L. 5211-37 Order no. 2006-460 of 21 April 2006 L. 5211-39 law no. 2013-403 of 17 May 201…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Consent of third-party donors not subject to the provisions of this chapter at the time of donation

Article R2143-7

…identity or non-identifying data in application of D of VIII ofarticle 5 of law no. 2021-1017 of 2 August 2021 relating to bioethics. II - On this occasion, the third party donor is informed that his…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Essential health and safety requirements.

Article R5211-23-1

…lling within the scope defined in paragraphs 2 and 4 of Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 722/2012 of 8 August 2012 on specific requirements as regards the requirements laid down in Council D…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Professional inadequacy.

Article R6152-628

…for practitioners who have benefited from the provisions of article 33 of decree no. 2003-769 of 1 August 2003 will be taken into account, as long as they were performed consecutively.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Subscription, purchase or pledging by companies of their own shares

Article L22-10-62

…their own shares, those that allocate their shares under the conditions provided for in articles L. 225-197-1 to L. 225-197-3 and L. 22-10-59 of this code and those intending to grant employee stock o…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 quindecies

…ticle: 1° Petrol refers to products in the petrol tax category within the meaning of Article L. 312-22 of the French Code of Taxes on Goods and Services, other than the aviation gasoline referred to i…

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