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Showing 111120 of 41014 articles for Art. s. L 237-18 · L 237-19 · L 237-15

French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Account overdrafts

Article L341-19

The provisions of articles L. 341-1 to L. 341-9 and L. 341-12 to L. 341-18 apply to credit granted in the form of an overdraft authorisation repayable within a period of more than one month and less t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Data retention and penalties

Article L722-19

Where there are indications that cash worth less than €10,000 or CFP francs 1,193,300, carried by a bearer or forming part of a consignment without the intervention of a bearer, coming from or going t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for swearing in

Article L131-19

Any person, other than those mentioned in Article L. 131-18, who has used one of the names referred to in that same article shall be liable to the penalties provided for in Article 433-17 of the Penal…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-18

The declaration referred to in Article L. 561-15 is confidential. Subject to the provisions ofArticle 19 of the aforementionedAct 78-17 of 6 January 1978, it is prohibited, on pain of the penalties pr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-18

Within the limits of the services it is authorised to provide in its home country, and depending on the authorisation it has received there, any legal or natural person authorised to provide investmen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-19

The managers and employees of the persons mentioned in 1° to 7°c of Article L. 561-2 may disclose to the judicial authority or to officers of the judicial police acting under delegation that informati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to employee participation in general meetings or section or branch meetings

Article L2363-19

Time spent in meetings by employees attending the meetings mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 2363-18 is considered as working time and paid at the normal rate.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Capital amortisation.

Article L225-199

Shares that have been fully or partially amortised lose their right to the first dividend provided for in article L. 232-19 and the repayment of the nominal value. They retain all their other rights.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Changes in scope and organisation.

Article L5211-19

A commune may withdraw from the public establishment for intercommunal cooperation, except in the case of an urban community or a metropolis, under the conditions laid down in article L. 5211-25-1, wi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Prohibitions.

Article L7124-19

In the event of a breach of the provisions of this chapter, the mayor shall prohibit any representation by persons exercising one of the professions mentioned in article L. 7124-16. He shall also requ…

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