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Showing 50315040 of 48350 articles for Art. L 624-10 · Cass. com. 15 March 2005

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article L1871-1

I.-The provisions of Chapter I of Title I of Book VI of Part One mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The National Enforcement Committee

Article L561-37

Any breach of the provisions of Sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 of this Chapter, of Chapter II of this Title, of directly applicable European provisions on combating money laundering and terrorist financing, i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Takeover bids

Article L233-40

When a company decides to apply or terminate the application of the provisions set out in articles L. 233-35 à L. 233-39, it shall inform the Autorité des marchés financiers, which shall make this dec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Investor guarantees

Article L322-2

Subject to the provisions below, the Deposit Guarantee and Resolution Fund manages the securities guarantee mechanism. Where applicable, articles L. 312-5 to L. 312-15, 3°, 4°, 5°, 7° and 9° of articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Ingredients and emissions

Article L3513-11

Manufacturers and importers of nicotine-containing vaping products declare annually for the past year to the public establishment mentioned in article L. 3513-10 data on their sales by brand and type,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial reporting requirements

Article L451-1-3

The Autorité des marchés financiers shall ensure that issuers whose registered office is located outside France, which are not subject to the obligations defined in Article L. 451-1-2, and whose secur…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Takeover bids

Article L233-38

The articles of association of a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market may provide that the effects of restrictions in the articles of association on the exercise of votin…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Transfer and loss of trademark rights

Article L714-8

Owners of trade marks reproducing or imitating the emblem of the Third Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Canvassing offences

Article L753-21

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions and procedures for authorisation of investment service providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L532-1

I. - In order to provide investment services, investment services providers other than portfolio management companies must obtain authorisation. This authorisation is issued by the Autorité de contrôl…

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