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Showing 50115020 of 66753 articles for Art. s. L. 221-1 & L. 221-2

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Provisions relating to the resolution procedure

Article L613-57-2

…obligations of a person subject to resolution proceedings or of a measure pursuant to II of Article L. 613-56-3 shall not affect the proper functioning and the rules governing the systems referred to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article L613-31-2

…of a credit institution or investment firm and which affect the pre-existing rights of third parties.Where such measures are taken in France and affect such rights, they are :1° The measures referred…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Persons required to register.

Article L123-5-2

…es do not file their accounts under the conditions and within the time limits laid down in articles L. 232-21 to L. 232-23, the president of the commercial court may issue an injunction to that compan…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors

Article L1424-24-3

…members of their deliberative bodies and the members of the municipal councils of the member communes. Representatives of municipalities that are not members of these public bodies are elected by the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors

Article L1424-24-6

…d by the Board of Directors are appointed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors on their proposal.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors

Article L1424-24-4

…ced by alternates elected under the same terms and conditions and for the same duration as themselves.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors

Article L1424-24-5

…the administrative and technical commission of the fire and rescue services provided for in Article L. 1424-31;4° The president of the departmental firefighters' union;5° The gender diversity and anti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment, transfer and dismissal.

Article L1225-4-2

No employer may terminate an employee's employment contract during the thirteen weeks following the death of the employee's child under the age of twenty-five or of the person under the age of twenty-…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-2-3

…rom that biological material by reproduction or multiplication and endowed with those same properties.The protection conferred by a patent relating to a process for producing a biological material end…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Police powers relating to specific objects

Article L2213-4-2

…In order to facilitate the detection of breaches of traffic regulations adopted pursuant to Article L. 2213-4-1 and to enable evidence of these offences to be gathered and their perpetrators to be tra…

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