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Showing 56715680 of 7758 articles for Art. 10 nov. 1982

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-74

Without prejudice to the application of the provisions of article 3a of law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperation, the following may be members of a regional caisse de crédit m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Approvals and changes to shareholdings

Article L612-22

…e contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is made public under the conditions set out inArticle L. 430-10 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Companies with fifty or more employees.

Article L2143-5

…delegates. This central trade union delegate is appointed by a trade union which received at least 10% of the votes cast in the first round of the most recent elections of members of the social and e…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Group governance system

Article R356-33

…management and supervisory body provided for in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014, the written policies shall specify whether it is the responsibility of the board of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article L236-37

In addition to the information set out in Article L. 236-10, the report of the merger auditor(s) shall also indicate: 1° The method(s) used to determine the amount of the buyout offer contemplated und…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article R611-21

…earch staff are private-law employees, are subject to the provisions of articles R. 611-1 to R. 611-10. The conditions under which this inventor, the author of an invention belonging to the legal enti…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: MEDIATION

Article R614-1

…612-2, a dispute may not be the subject of mediation; 9° The list of languages used for mediation; 10° The link to the European Commission's website dedicated to consumer mediation.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax penalties

Article 1735 quater

…e person likely to have committed the offences mentioned in 1 of Article L. 38 of the said book;2° €10,000 in other cases, increased to €50,000 when this obstacle is observed in the premises occupied…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article L4313-3

…profit and loss account and exceeding the threshold provided for in the fourth paragraph of article 10 of law no. 2000-321 of 12 April 2000.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-36

…00 inhabitants or more. When the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation has more than 10,000 inhabitants and includes at least one municipality of 3,500 inhabitants or more, the report o…

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