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Showing 110 of 66234 articles for Art. s. L 151-4 and L 151-5

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L151-4

Any commitment, agreement or contractual clause that directly or indirectly makes a foreign investment in one of the areas mentioned in I of article L. 151-3 is null and void when this investment has…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L151-4

The rules relating to the approval or classification of certain facilities and organisations by the Assembly of Corsica are set out in II of article L. 4424-32 of the General Local Authorities Code, r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Illicit obtaining, use and disclosure

Article L151-4

Abtaining a business secret is unlawful when it is done without the consent of its legitimate holder and results from: 1° Unauthorised access to any document, object, material, substance or digital fi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Prior application for examination of an activity

Article R151-4

When an entity governed by French law submits a request to the Minister for an opinion as to whether all or part of the activity of this entity falls within the scope of I of Article L. 151-3, the Min…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article R151-4

For the application of Article R. 142-16 to La Réunion, references to the regional directorates for companies, competition, consumption, labour and employment and to the regional director are replaced…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: Procedure

Article R151-4

The decision does not have the force of res judicata in the main proceedings.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards made abroad or in international arbitration matters

Article 1514

Arbitration awards shall be recognised or enforced in France if their existence is established by the person relying on them and if such recognition or enforcement is not manifestly contrary to intern…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Withdrawal clause in return for compensation.

Article 1514

The levy is a division transaction: the property levied is set off against the beneficiary spouse's share; if its value exceeds that share, a balance is payable. The spouses may agree that the compens…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Undercover procedures, sound recordings and images of certain places or vehicles

Article D15-1-4

For the application of articles 694-7 and 695-2 of this code, the Minister of Justice shall give his approval after receiving the opinion of the National Director of the Judicial Police. For the appli…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation of the committee provided for in article 16-2

Article R15-14

The commission may either annul the decision or confirm it, or convert the withdrawal into a suspension or reduce the duration of the suspension.If the applicant is not present or represented when the…

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