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Showing 211220 of 3891 articles for Art. 18 Mar 1993

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Mission to encourage the development of legal supply and to monitor the lawful and unlawful use of works and objects protected by copyright or neighbouring rights on electronic communications networks

Article L331-18

…ll give an account of the mission provided for in this article in the report referred to in Article 18 of Law No. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication.>

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-18

…e governing body of a political party or grouping subject to the provisions of law no. 88-227 of 11 March 1988 or of a foreign political party or grouping;3° Member of a Supreme Court, Constitutional…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-18

…ing measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 include: 1° The provisions of Articles 1 to 4, 16 and 18 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Funds open to non-professional investors.

Article R214-186

…plified procedure under article L. 214-35 as it read prior to 2 August 2003; 5° In units of futures market mutual funds referred to in Article L. 214-42 as it read prior to the date of publication ofO…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-18

…luable consideration are recorded at their acquisition cost, goods acquired free of charge at their market value and goods produced at their production cost. For fixed assets, the values used in the i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Approval and exclusion.

Article L125-18

…cle L. 125-17, or failing this, a provision set by the president of the judicial court ruling in summary proceedings.However, this prior payment is not required where a guarantee has been given for th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Registration and deregistration formalities.

Article L143-18

If the security from which the registered lien or pledge arises is to order, negotiation by way of endorsement entails the transfer of the lien or pledge.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Seller's lien.

Article L141-18

If the sale or transfer of a business includes branches or establishments located on French territory, the publication prescribed in articles L. 141-7 to L. 141-17 must also be made in a medium author…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for swearing in

Article L131-18

…L. 131-12 may, in the activities reserved for these brokers, refer to their status as "courtier de marchandises assermenté près la cour d'appel de" followed by the professional speciality(ies) under…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-18

The lessor has the right to refuse to renew the lease in order to construct or rebuild the existing building, subject to paying the evicted tenant the eviction compensation provided for in article L.…

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