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Showing 16811690 of 65597 articles for Art. L 141-7 · Cass. com. 20 June 1978 · CA Versailles 17 December 1980 · Cass. com. 14 May 1952 · Cass. 1re civ. 2 March 1960 · C. civ. Art. 2276

French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-17

A sports agent may only act on behalf of one of the parties to the contracts mentioned in Article L. 222-7. The written contract pursuant to which the sports agent performs the activity of bringing to…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Publication of the registration

Article ANNEXE, art. 30-10

The court sends the association a draft notice for publication intended for a newspaper for legal announcements.The association pays the publication costs directly to the newspaper and sends proof of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Life insurance with variable capital on real estate.

Article L160-14

For contracts mentioned in article L. 141-1 , one unit of account of which is made up of shares in a company mentioned in article L. 160-10, the insurance company shall inform the policyholder(s) and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transmission to the personal training account information system of information relating to holders of qualifications registered in national registers

Article R6113-17-2

The ministries and certifying bodies mentioned in article L. 6113-2 transmit the data mentioned in article R. 6113-17-1 to the personal training account information system within three months of the d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-29-7-2

I.-This article applies to the intermediaries mentioned in 1° to 4° of I of article L. 228-2 when they provide services to shareholders or other intermediaries in relation to the shares of companies t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Complaints

Article L4163-17

Subject to Articles L. 4163-18 to L. 4163-20, disputes relating to decisions taken by the managing body pursuant to Sections 2 and 3 of this Chapter and to this Section 4 shall be settled in accordanc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article L612-17

…rson who participates or has participated in the performance of the duties of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is bound by professional secrecy under the conditions and subject to…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative fine for late payment

Article L3133-14

The public undertakings defined in II of Article 1 of Order no. 2004-503 of 7 June 2004 transposing Directive 80/723/EEC on the transparency of financial relations between Member States and the contra…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L526-17

In the cases provided for in Articles L. 526-14 and L. 526-15, the funds of electronic money holders collected by an electronic money institution are returned to the holders or transferred to a credit…

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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 L613-21-7

I. - When the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is consulted by the authority of another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, resp…

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