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Showing 48114820 of 57637 articles for Art. Law 89-462 of 6 July 1989

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-3-6

I. - The Financial Public Prosecutor may not initiate public proceedings for the application of the penalties provided for in this section when the Autorité des marchés financiers has served a stateme…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct

Article L519-6-1

By way of derogation from article L. 519-6 and as part of the provision of an independent advisory service within the meaning of article L. 519-1-1, intermediaries in banking and payment services may…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Content of the agreement.

Article L2372-6-1

The agreement referred to in Article L. 2372-2 also provides, for all rules relating to employee profit-sharing, for a level at least equivalent to that existing in the company being split up or which…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares

Article L22-10-60

…o trading on a regulated market, shares may only be allocated under the first and second paragraphs of II of Article L. 225-197-1 only if the company fulfils at least one of the following conditions i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-1-6

Subject to reciprocity, the third-country auditors mentioned in I of Article L. 822-1-5 may be exempted from the requirement to be registered on the list mentioned in II of Article L. 822-1 by decisio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of healthcare institutions.

Article L6111-6-1

…blishments in training doctors, odontologists, pharmacists and paramedical staff, within the limits of the appropriations allocated each year by the Finance Act.The costs of call reception and regulat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of healthcare institutions.

Article L6111-1-6

Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 6111-1-5, health care institutions may set up non-medical accommodation facilities before or after a hospital stay or treatment session for patients w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Registration of financial securities

Article D211-9-6

The registered intermediary who is the beneficiary of a proxy mentioned in article D. 211-9-5 may transmit or issue shareholders' votes under his signature. The mandates and proxies referred to in art…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article A822-28-6

The actions eligible under 3° of article A. 822-28-3 concern the training actions mentioned in 1° and 2° of article A. 822-28-3, as well as training provided within universities and public establishme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation of the company

Article R5125-24-6

In the event of the formation of sociétés de participations financières de profession libérale de pharmaciens d'officine by merger or takeover, articles R. 5125-24-1 to R. 5125-24-5 are applicable.

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