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Showing 34813490 of 29517 articles for Art. 16 mai 1962

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R772-1

…icle R. 561-9, the words "in the Member States of the European Union" are replaced by the words "in mainland France";6° In 3° of Article R. 561-15:a) The first paragraph is replaced by the following:"…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Investor guarantees

Article L322-9

…the rules governing customer information. 2. The orders referred to in 3° and 5° of Article L. 312-16 applicable to members of the Fonds de Garantie des Dépôts et de Résolution under the mechanism re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Employee with a fixed-term employment contract.

Article L1226-20

…ovisions of the second and last paragraphs of article L. 1226-12 and articles L. 1226-14 to L. 1226-16, relating to the conditions for dismissal of an employee who has suffered an accident at work or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-6

…ation of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, signed at The Hague on 16 December 1970, the Supplementary Protocol to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II

Article L3232-8

…choice with regard to the energy and nutrient content of the diet, without prejudice to Articles 9, 16 and 30 of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 Octobe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Invoicing and payment terms

Article L441-15

…ty which would be likely to expose him to the administrative penalty provided for in Article L. 441-16. II.-The validity of the position statement referred to in I expires from the date on which: 1° T…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Executive Council and the Chairman of the Executive Council

Article L4422-25

…egional authority. He manages the staff of the collectivity under the conditions set out in article 16-3 of law n° 72-619 of 5 July 1972 creating and organising the regions and the loi n° 84-53 du 26…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L621-32

…efined in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/EC of the Eur…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Allowances for holders of municipal mandates

Article L2123-21

…t to Section 3 of Chapter III of Title I of this Book, in its version prior to Law no. 2010-1563 of 16 December 2010 on the reform of local authorities.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R356-56

…of Article L. 356-15 and the amount of any capital add-on imposed in accordance with Article L. 356-16, or the effect of the specific parameters which the participating or parent undertaking referred…

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