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Showing 88818890 of 11310 articles for Art. Loi n° 81-766 – 10 Aug. 1981 – loi Lang

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-18-1

…he purposes of Articles L. 213-3, L. 421-17 to L. 421-19, L. 211-36, L. 211-36-1, L. 211-35, L. 531-10, 5° of I, 6° of II and III of Article L. 533-10, Articles L. 621-17-3, L. 621-17-5 to L. 621-17-7…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L490-13

I.-Information obtained from the statements referred to in I of Article L. 464-10 and which can only be obtained by accessing the file of the proceedings concerned may be used by a party who has had a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Independent management bodies

Article R321-2

…nt organisations established in France are subject to the provisions of article R. 321-5, 1° to 7°, 10° and 11° of Article R. 321-15, article R. 321-16, as well as the provisions of articles R. 321-26…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable in the départements of Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Paris, Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne, Val-d'Oise and Yvelines

Article R*122-3

…t and Paris-Orly aerodromes:1° For the application of articles R. 251-1, R. 341-2, R. 342-6, R. 342-10, R. 342-17, R. 342-19, R. 343-26, R. 613-1, R. 615-1, R. 621-1, R. 622-1, R. 632-1, R. 632-5, R.…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article R151-6

…er 1996 relating to the improvement of public health in Mayotte; c) the reference to Article L. 114-10-2 of the Social Security Code is replaced by the reference to article L. 114-10-1 of the same cod…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Financial provisions

Article L5722-7

The joint association referred to in article L. 1231-10 of the Transport Code may levy a payment intended to finance mobility services in an urban area of at least 50,000 inhabitants and in the multip…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Definitions

Article R152-11

…R. 152-1, R. 152-2 and R. 152-3, transactions by which non-residents or residents acquire at least 10% of the capital or voting rights, or cross the 10% threshold, of a resident or non-resident enter…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Occupational health

Article R1262-9

Subject to the provisions of articles R. 1262-10 to R. 1262-15, the provisions relating to : 1° The assumption of costs relating to occupational health services, as provided for in article L. 4622-6 ;…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the second fraction (R).

Article R1614-88

…whether they are main, sector or annex libraries, under the conditions set out in article L. 1614-10, as specified by this article and articles R. 1614-91 and R. 1614-95.Projects to extend or change…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article D621-29-1

…nd more than 2 billion euros, at 120,000 euros when the issuer's market capitalisation is less than 10 billion euros and more than 5 billion euros, 240,000 euros when the issuer's market capitalisatio…

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