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Showing 581590 of 58062 articles for Art. CE 1-4-2015 n° 369586

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article R613-4-1

…d and supervise the parent undertaking, it shall do so by means of a bilateral agreement in accordance with Article 28 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Common provisions

Article R40-43-1

…the persons mentioned in 1° of article R. 40-43 : a) The content of electronic communications intercepted on the basis of articles 74-2,80-4,100 to 100-8 and 706-95 and 1° of article 709-1-3 ; b) Dat…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Educational assistance

Article 375-4-1

When the children's judge orders an educational assistance measure pursuant to articles 375-2 to 375-4, it may propose a family mediation measure to the parents, unless violence against the other pare…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial authorisation

Article R752-44-16

…der the provisions of article L. 752-1-1, the prefect has a period of two months from the date of receipt of the publications referred to in article R. 752-44-14 to contest the benefit of the provisio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Periods of work experience.

Article D5132-43-4

The organisation approved as an integration workshop and site sends the Agence de services et de paiement a copy of the agreement referred to in article D. 5135-2.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to reinsurance undertakings.

Article R322-4-1

…referred to in 1° of III of Article L. 310-1-1 must limit their objects to the business of reinsurance and related operations. This requirement may include the holding of equity interests in the finan…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to insurance and reinsurance undertakings.

Article R322-11-4

…of Article L. 310-1-1 shall inform the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, at least once a year, of the identity of shareholders or members who hold, directly or indirectly, at least 10%…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Open-ended inclusion contracts

Article D5132-43-12

…of a person mentioned in article L. 5132-15-1-1 is declared by electronic means, using the teleservice mentioned in article R. 5132-1-19. Where applicable, the termination of the employment contract i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Informing and obtaining the consent of the person undergoing research involving the human person

Article L1122-1-4

In the case of research involving the human person mentioned in 2° of Article L. 1121-1 , the methodological requirements of which are not compatible with obtaining consent under the conditions provid…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Monitoring compliance with obligations and penalties

Article R561-42-1

…upérieur du notariat for notaries; 3° On the website of the Chambre nationale des huissiers de justice for bailiffs; 4° On the website of the Chambre nationale des commissaires-priseurs judiciaires fo…

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