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Showing 53115320 of 19706 articles for Art. SI 1963/1319 — France–UK estate-duty convention

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Banknotes

Article L122-1

…notes at its counters for other types of legal tender notes within a period of ten years. The provisions relating to lost or stolen bearer securities do not apply to legal tender notes.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 916-38

In order to contribute, in the context of the health crisis, to the revival of ambitious film, audiovisual and multimedia production and to the development and consolidation of a fabric of companies e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Electronic trade in medicinal products by a dispensing pharmacy

Article L5125-40

A natural or legal person legally authorised to sell medicinal products to the public in the Member State of the European Union in which it is established may only sell, as part of an electronic comme…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title III: Interbank settlement systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article R330-2

The managers of the systems referred to in Article R. 330-1 shall send the Banque de France and, in the case of systems for the settlement and delivery of financial instruments, the Autorité des march…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Recognised foreign markets.

Article D423-3

Persons domiciled or having their registered office outside the territory of the Republic are authorised to solicit the public in France with a view to trading on a recognised foreign market in transf…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the family court

Article 373-2-7

…family court judge for approval of the agreement by which they organise the arrangements for exercising parental authority and set the contribution to the child's maintenance and education. The judge…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: General Meeting

Article L214-106

…the latter's partners, shall be approved by the General Meeting of the Company's partners, on the basis of the reports of the Supervisory Board and the Statutory Auditors.Even in the absence of fraud,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Relations between credit institutions and their customers

Article L312-1-6

The management of a deposit account for natural persons acting for professional purposes is governed by a written agreement on paper or on another durable medium, between the customer and his credit i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3121-23

…od of twelve consecutive weeks to be exceeded, provided that this does not have the effect of increasing this time, calculated over a period of twelve weeks, to more than forty-six hours.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Management of income from the exploitation of rights

Article R321-7

…tween the organisation and the beneficiary. This agreement sets out the conditions for use of the assistance provided and the conditions under which the beneficiary must provide the organisation with…

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