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Showing 591600 of 40100 articles for Art. s. L. 145-15 & L. 145-16

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Electronic money issuers

Article L572-16

Failure to comply with any of the prohibitions set out in article L. 525-7 is punishable by three years' imprisonment and a fine of €375,000.The court may also order the posting or broadcasting of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-15

…the costs associated with the transactions carried out and the services provided on behalf of clients.II - Investment service providers other than portfolio management companies that provide the inves…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Powers and organisation for the protection of copyright and related rights

Article L331-16

…ary 1995 on security policy and programming, decisions to authorise the agents mentioned in article L. 331-14 of the present code are preceded by administrative investigations designed to verify that…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-15

…d with a view to carrying out one or more of the activities referred to in 1°, 3° and 4° of article L. 124-1 must, if it has not adopted the form of a société coopérative de commerçants détaillants go…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Foreign nationals authorised to reside in France under family reunification arrangements

Article L423-15

…y or between his/her sixteenth and eighteenth birthdays if he/she falls within the scope of article L. 421-35, a temporary residence permit bearing the words "vie privée et familiale" ("private and fa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions specific to certain institutions and organisations.

Article L6147-15

The Minister for Defence is consulted prior to any dissolution, as provided for in 3° of article L. 6133-9, of a health cooperation grouping in which an army hospital or other element of the army heal…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1 : Issue of plant variety certificates

Article L623-16

…proceeds of these fees are transferred as revenue to the public interest group mentioned in Article L. 412-1.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions specific to the departments of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin.

Article L1234-16

…notice1° Teachers and persons employed in private homes ;2° Commercial clerks mentioned in article L. 1226-24;3° Employees whose remuneration is fixed and who are permanently entrusted with the manag…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article L356-16

…ent where it considers that the risk profile of the group is not adequately reflected in that capital. The authority imposes this requirement under the conditions set out in Article L. 352-3.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties for non-compliance with the obligation to declare and provide information

Article L7122-16

…ng arts entrepreneur without holding a valid activity declaration receipt as referred to in article L. 7122-3, or that it has not fulfilled the obligations set out in the third paragraph of I of artic…

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