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Showing 30113020 of 68975 articles for Art. s. L 123-16 and L 123-16-1 · Art. D 230-1

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions specific to the Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L632-11-1

Notwithstanding the provisions of Act No. 68-678 of 26 July 1968 on the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural or legal per…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions specific to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article L632-13-1

In the absence of an international agreement concluded by the European Union with one or more non-member States of the European Union relating to the arrangements for cooperation between the resolutio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions specific to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article L632-12-1

Notwithstanding the provisions of Law no. 68-678 of 26 July 1968 relating to the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural or…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article L833-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions are applicable to Saint-Martin in their wording resulting from Ordinance No. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless oth…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS

Article L832-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions are applicable to Saint-Barthélemy in their wording resulting from Ordinance No. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Communal property and establishments

Article L2544-11

The municipal council regulates, without prejudice to private rights based on a special title: 1° The method and conditions of use of the commune's public institutions and establishments; 2° The metho…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Modification or release from house arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-18

Copies of the decisions of the head of the prison or the director of the prison integration and probation service modifying the hours of presence at home or in the places of assignment shall be sent w…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee information.

Article D3323-18

When the profit-sharing agreement has been set up after employees likely to benefit from it have left the company, or when the calculation and distribution of the special profit-sharing reserve takes…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-124

Any share converted into a bearer share or transferred in ownership loses the double voting right allocated pursuant to articles L. 225-123 and L. 22-10-46. However, a transfer as a result of inherita…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article L931-1-2

For its application in New Caledonia, article L. 123-11-6 is worded as follows: Art. L. 123-11-6 -Customs officers are qualified to investigate and establish breaches of the provisions of this sub-sec…

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