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Showing 16211630 of 2201 articles for Art. 27 nov. 2002

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Definitions, activities and prohibitions

Article L775-2

…672 of 26 July 2013 L. 511-4-3 Act no. 2019-1147 of 8 November 2019 L. 511-5 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 511-6 with the exception of its fourth to sixth, twelfth to fifteenth and eighteenth…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article R811-1-1

…ticles R. 331-2 to R. 331-53 are applicable in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2021-1853 of 27 December 2021;Articles R. 321-4-1, R. 321-29, R. 328-1 to R. 328-8, R. 329-13 to R. 329-20, R. 34…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-22

…irectors in office. However, directors elected by employees or appointed pursuant to Article L. 225-27-1, directors representing employee shareholders or the company mutual fund pursuant to article L.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Local public companies

Article L1864-1

…companies are competent, subject to compliance with II of Article 43 of Organic Law No. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polynesia, to carry out development operations w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Obligations relating to insider lists

Article L451-4

…04/72/ EC, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2019/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 amending Directive 2014/65/ EU and Regulations (EU) No 596/2014 and (EU) 2017/1129…

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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 L511-24

…511-8-1 and Article L. 511-8-2; 3° Subsection 2 of Section 3, with the exception of Articles L. 511-27 and L. 511-28; 4° Within Section 4, Article L. 511-29, as regards branches; 5° Within Section 5,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of patients and users of the healthcare system.

Article L1531-3

…h of the same article do not apply; 4° Article L. 1111-8 is applicable as drafted in Order no. 2017-27 of 12 January 2017, with the exception of the last sentence of the third paragraph of I, and the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-120

…n the case of reinsurance by a local organisation, or to the central body defined in Article L. 322-27-1 in the case of retrocessions by a departmental or regional organisation. The provisions of Arti…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article D712-30

…oncerning the International Registration of Marks of 14 April 1891, as amended, and its Protocol of 27 June 1989, as amended, the Institute shall send the alert electronically within three weeks of pu…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY

Article R152-1

…11of decree no. 2021-313 of 24 March 2021R. 142-12 to R. 142-15R. 142-16of decree no. 2022-1703 of 27 December 2022R. 142-17 to R. 142-23R. 142-24 and R. 142-25of decree no. 2021-313 of 24 March 2021…

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