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Showing 13211330 of 20363 articles for Art. CE 18-5-1998 n° 179831

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Governance of investment firms

Article R533-18-4

…management, perform administrative, management or executive duties in a credit institution, a finance company, another investment firm or a commercial company governed by Book II of the Commercial Co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Governance of investment firms

Article R533-18-2

…pervisory Board or any other body exercising equivalent supervisory functions shall have adequate access to the information and documents necessary to supervise and monitor management decisions.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Governance of investment firms

Article R533-18-1

…have a website, investment firms shall use it to present the systems implemented to ensure compliance with the requirements laid down in Article L. 533-29-3, this section and the regulatory provision…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Governance of investment firms

Article R533-18-3

Members of staff of an investment firm who have been given authority to sign on behalf of that firm may not take up any other employment or perform any paid work outside that firm without first inform…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Designation procedures

Article R23-112-18

The time limits set by articles R. 23-112-15 to R. 23-112-17 are calculated and extended in accordance with the provisions of articles 640, 641 and 642 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Special provisions applicable to Paris

Article R*3131-18

…e of the State in the département by article L. 3131-17 are exercised in Paris by the Préfet de Police.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The High Council of Statutory Auditors

Article R821-14-18

The accounting officer's management is supervised by the Ile-de-France regional director of public finance.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Democratisation and transparency

Article D5211-18-3

…rovided, the effects of the implementation of the planned operation on the organisation of the services of the municipalities or public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation concerned and on…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Democratisation and transparency

Article D5211-18-1

…of its examination by the deliberative assembly. It is made available to the public at the head office of the public cooperation body, within fifteen days of the budgetary orientation debate being hel…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Democratisation and transparency

Article D5211-18-2

…of the information provided, the impact of the implementation of the planned operation on the resources and costs of the municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation concer…

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