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Showing 36613670 of 66753 articles for Art. s. L. 221-1 & L. 221-2

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Access to payment account services held by credit institutions

Article L312-23

…rules to govern access by issuers of tokens that have obtained the approval referred to in Article L. 552-4, service providers registered in accordance with Article L. 54-10-3 and service providers t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-218

…General Meeting may appoint one or more statutory auditors under the conditions set out in Articles L. 225-228 and L. 22-10-66. Companies which, at the end of a financial year, exceed the thresholds s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: General procedural provisions.

Article L662-2

…another court with jurisdiction within the court's jurisdiction, or to a court mentioned in article L. 721-8 to hear ad hoc mandates, conciliation proceedings or safeguard, receivership or compulsory…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-20

…gulation (EU) No 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 and Article L. 1126-6, is punishable by three years' imprisonment and a fine of €45,000.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article L211-24

…it shall determine the grounds for suspension or extension of the time limits mentioned in article L. 211-9, as well as the reciprocal information owed by the insurer, the victim and the third party…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: Protection of certain persons

Article L161-2

…asset or assets over which the creditor has a general lien as defined by the provisions of article L. 526-12 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operation.

Article L2353-23

…n compliance with the professional secrecy and the obligation of discretion provided for in Article L. 2325-5.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : The Executive Council and the Chairman of the Executive Council

Article L7224-20

Where article L. 7224-19, the decision of the Assembly instructing the President of the Executive Council to award a specific contract may be taken before the award procedure for this contract is init…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L511-23

…services and operate under the freedom to provide services under the conditions defined in Article L. 511-24, provided that the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution has been informed in a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L511-25

In order to supervise an institution benefiting from the regime provided for in Article L. 511-24 and notwithstanding the provisions of Article 1a of Law no. 68-678 of 26 July 1968, the competent auth…

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