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Showing 22212230 of 20872 articles for Art. Cass. soc. 16 January 2019

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision on a consolidated basis by a competent authority of another Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L613-21-2

…ncil of 26 June 2013 or, where applicable, within the meaning of Article 4(1)(7) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019, before taking any decis…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Medical and medical-psychological examinations.

Article D19

…accused person who has been the subject of an investigation or examination mentioned in article D. 16, the personality file may be communicated, in whole or in part, to the expert.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Chairman and Vice-Chairman

Article R1423-17

If one of the cases set out in articles R. 1423-15 and R. 1423-16 occurs again during the same year, the second vacancy will only be filled at the time of the annual renewal provided for in article R.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L490-9

…ers granted to them by the articles of this Book and by Council Regulation (EC) No 139 / 2004 of 20 January 2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings and by Council Regulation No 1 /…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Aid schemes set up by administrative agreements

Article 711-2

…teral fund for co-development and co-production of Franco-Italian works, signed in Paris on 12 July 2019.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article D321-2

…ed, or under the status of timeshare property allocation companies as defined by law no. 86-18 of 6 January 1986 relating to timeshare property allocation companies, provided that the co-ownership reg…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Sociétés en commandite simple.

Article L222-11

…unanimously decide to do so. In this case, the provisions of the second paragraph of Article L. 221-16 are applicable.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Electronic money institutions

Article L773-26

…able: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 526-1 to L. 526-4 Act no. 2013-100 of 28 January 2013 L. 526-5 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 526-6 Law no. 2013-100 of 28 January 201…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Electronic money institutions

Article L774-26

…able: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 526-1 to L. 526-4 law no. 2013-100 of 28 January 2013 L. 526-5 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 526-6 Law no. 2013-100 of 28 January 201…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L3511-4

The articles L. 3334-16, L. 3334-16-1, L. 3334-16-2 and L. 3443-2 are not applicable to Mayotte.

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