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Showing 12211230 of 58186 articles for Art. Loi 2013-98 du 28-1-2013

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article D775-13

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Registration upon declaration

Article R123-101-1

The registrar shall certify the identity of the information recorded on electronic media for the purposes of keeping the register with that received in accordance with articles R. 123-92 to R. 123-98.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L533-30-14

…tioned in Article L. 533-30-11. Payment is deferred for five years from the date on which the individual leaves the investment firm. An order of the Minister for the Economy shall specify the criteria…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article D3661-16

…ities of the Lyon metropolitan authority, as resulting from the last known census on the date of production of the budget documents; b) Actual operating expenditure means all expenditure for the finan…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article D5217-17

…member municipalities of the metropolis, as it results from the last known census on the date of production of the budget documents;b) Actual operating expenditure means all expenditure for the financ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: Markets of national interest and commercial events.

Article A762-16

The rights of access and rectification provided for in articles 39 et 40 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés s'exercent auprès de la direction…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-109

An undertaking for collective real estate investment may receive the guarantees mentioned in article L. 211-38 under the conditions defined in that same article, guarantees relating to joint and sever…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-15

…s appropriate, by the European Central Bank or the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.During this period :1. The credit institution shall remain subject to supervision by the European Ce…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Damaged property

Article 1059

…ts, certificates, notifications, judgments, contracts, receipts and other acts made pursuant to the loi du 29 décembre 1892 sur les dommages causés à la propriété privée par l'exécution des travaux pu…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Nordic cross-country skiing and related activities.

Article A212-192-8

The jury for the aptitude test is the jury provided for inarticle 16 of the modified order of 26 April 2013 relating to the specific training for the state diploma of national Nordic cross-country ski…

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