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Showing 57215730 of 7195 articles for Art. n° 18PA03648 · CAA Marseille 31 March 2023

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L775-36

…2018-1125 of 12 December 2018 L. 561-30-1 and L. 561-30-2 Order 2016-1635 of 1 December 2016 L. 561-31 Order 2020-115 of 12 February 2020 L. 561-31-1 Order 2016-1635 of 1 December 2016 L. 561-31-2 Ord…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for early access authorisation

Article R5121-68

I.-The application for authorisation to obtain the early access provided for in Article L. 5121-12 is sent by electronic means, by the holder of the exploitation rights or his authorised representativ…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L131-1

In life insurance and personal accident insurance, the sums insured are fixed by the contract.In the case of life insurance or capitalisation operations, the guaranteed capital or annuity may be expre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Exclusivity clauses.

Article R330-1

The document provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 330-3 contains the following information: 1° The address of the registered office of the company and the nature of its activities with an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reorganisation and winding-up measures for Community credit institutions

Article R613-28

I.-A security, claim, instrument or right is deemed to be unstructured within the meaning of 4° of I of Article L. 613-30-3 a security, claim, instrument or right that has the following characteristic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7b: Compassionate prescribing frameworks

Article R5121-76-6

I. - Except when the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé makes use of the derogation mentioned in V of article L. 5121-12-1, the compassionate prescription framework is…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-34

I.-In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the Ordinary General Meeting shall decide on a draft resolution relating to the information mentioned in I of Article L. 22-…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Valuation of assets

Article R343-11

The securities listed in article R. 332-2 and other financial and property investments are valued on the basis of their realisable value, in particular for the purposes of the calculation provided for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to partnerships limited by shares

Article L22-10-77

I.-In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the Ordinary General Meeting responsible for approving the financial statements for the financial year and the general partn…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-13

The import into the customs territory of medicinal products for human use and the import and export of gene therapy preparations or xenogenic cell therapy preparations mentioned in 12° and 13° of Arti…

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