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Showing 18511860 of 28351 articles for Art. 28 mai 1997

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations of investment service providers

Article L773-30

…Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 533-27-1 Ordinance no. 2020-1635 of 21 December 2020 L. 533-28 Ordinance no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 533-29 to L. 533-29-2, L. 533-29-4 to L. 533-31-5 O…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations of investment service providers

Article L774-30

…Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 533-27-1 Ordinance no. 2020-1635 of 21 December 2020 L. 533-28 Ordinance no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 533-29 to L. 533-29-2, L. 533-29-4 to L. 533-31-5 O…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations of investment service providers

Article L775-24

…Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 533-27-1 Ordinance no. 2020-1635 of 21 December 2020 L. 533-28 Ordinance no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 533-29 to L. 533-29-2, L. 533-29-4 to L. 533-31-5 O…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Takeover bids and public exchange offers

Article L433-1

I. - In order to ensure shareholder equality and market transparency, the General Regulation of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) sets the rules for public offers of financial instruments issu…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 1: The debtor's writ of summons

Article R322-5

…ans test set out in law no. 91-647 of 10 July 1991relating to legal aid and decree no. 2020-1717 of 28 December 2020 implementing this law.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-77

…the Monetary and Financial Code. The certificate of participation provided for in Article R. 22-10-28 is attached to the form;3° The signature, electronic where applicable, of the shareholder or his…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article L641-3

…Article L. 622-7, by the articles L. 622-21 and L. 622-22, by the first sentence of article L. 622-28 and by l'article L. 622-30. The official receiver may authorise the liquidator or the administrat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XX ter: Declaration of overseas investments

Article 242 septies

…ticle does not apply to investments made before the date of promulgation of the loi n° 2011-1977 du 28 décembre 2011 de finances pour 2012, nor to operations for which the issue of an approval has bee…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIIa: The national platform for judicial interception

Article R40-47

…tax officials authorised to carry out judicial investigations, respectively referred to in articles 28-1 and 28-2, specially authorised and individually designated by their hierarchical superior, have…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Declaration of receipts from cinemas

Article D212-88

…dmissions recorded at the reference price determined under the conditions set out in article L. 212-28; 4° Proceeds from the sale of admission tickets for the cinema week, by price category and, in th…

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