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Showing 28112820 of 44453 articles for Art. n° 08-13185 · CA Paris 2 June 2000

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single section: Infringements of market transparency

Article R465-2

…d paragraph of III of Article L. 465-3-6, it shall refer the matter to the Public Prosecutor at the Paris Court of Appeal by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by letter delivered ag…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Electronic money institutions

Article L773-26

…ns set out in II, the articles listed in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Electronic money institutions

Article L774-26

…sted in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Information for guests.

Article R1112-2

A medical file is created for each patient hospitalised in a public or private health establishment. This file contains at least the following elements, classified as follows : 1° Formalised informati…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Audiovisual production contract

Article L132-27

…es of the profession. The scope and conditions of implementation of this obligation and, where applicable, the provisions agreed between the producer and his assignees or agents shall be defined by me…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article L5211-24

…al cooperation which received, in place of the communes making up the public establishment, the allocations provided for in article L. 234-13 of the code des communes, as it stood prior to the loi n°…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Indemnities of holders of office in the Martinique Assembly and of office in the Executive Council

Article L7227-22

…xecutive Council or the executive councillor who holds other electoral mandates or who sits in this capacity on the board of directors of a local public establishment, the Centre national de la foncti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Disclosure of accounts

Article L232-23

…tutory auditors' report on the consolidated financial statements and the supervisory board's report;2° The proposed appropriation of income submitted to the meeting and the appropriation resolution pa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R1112-23

…the private practitioners' sector. Transfer from one sector to another may, however, in exceptional cases, be authorised by the Director at the reasoned request of the patient or his/her beneficiaries…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R1112-21

Patients may be admitted at their request, with the agreement of the doctor concerned, as part of the private practice of hospital practitioners.

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