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Showing 42414250 of 37434 articles for Art. n° 22-18436 · Cass. com. 24 May 2011

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Guarantees and indemnities granted to Board members

Article L7124-8

…paragraph of this article. They are also entitled to the reimbursement of additional expenses that may arise from the exercise of special mandates entrusted to them by their council, under the condit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L734-5

…000 L. 151-2 Ordinance no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 151-3 to L. 151-7 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 II - For the application of I, decrees issued on the report of the ministers responsible fo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Sociétés d'investissement à capital fixe.

Article R214-177

…available to the public.II - For hedging purposes or to achieve its management objective, the SICAF may enter into the financial contracts referred to in III of Article L. 211-1, under the same condit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Persons authorised to practise the profession of pharmacy assistant

Article D4241-6

…assistant practitioner, associate attaché, associate generalist assistant, intern or acting intern, may apply for the issue of the professional diploma of pharmacy assistant under the conditions provi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Accelerated procedure

Article L531-27

…for comparison with Eurodac data for law enforcement purposes, and amending Regulation (EU) No 1077/2011 establishing a European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition; manager approval or authorisation

Article L425-1

…thin the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments;3° The units referred to in Article L. 229-7 of the Env…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for admission to the profession.

Article L812-3

No one may be entered on the list by the commission unless he or she meets the following conditions: 1° Be French or a national of a Member State of the European Community or of a State party to the A…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Payroll tax

Article 231 bis S

In accordance with the provisions of Article L. 3332-22 du code du travail, when a company carries out a capital increase reserved for members of a company savings scheme, the benefit constituted by t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Employment contract.

Article L7121-7-1

Employers falling within the scope of application of the one-stop shop set out in article L. 7122-22 must, in the absence of contractual provisions specific to performing artists and technicians in re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Professional recovery

Article R645-20

Articles R. 643-21 and R. 643-22 are applicable when the court pronounces the closure of the professional recovery procedure without liquidation. The judicial representative or the person chosen on th…

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