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Showing 14511460 of 8668 articles for Art. CE 21-12-2022 n° 459476

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-21-1

When the head of the establishment or the director of the prison integration and probation service changes the timetable of a sentence adjustment with the authorisation of the sentence enforcement jud…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article R533-21-2

…r a minimum period defined under the conditions set out in Article L. 533-30-1 so as to align the incentives of the persons referred to in Article L. 533-30 with the long-term interests of the investm…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article R533-21-1

…ms, taking into account, in particular, the serious losses that they may cause. The decision to reduce or refund the variable remuneration referred to in this article shall take into account the invol…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Approvals and changes to shareholdings

Article R612-21-1

When the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution proposes to the European Central Bank that the authorisation of the credit institution in question be withdrawn, it shall first obtain the opi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Ministerial exemptions

Article R3132-21-1

…leisure activities; 2° Be served by transport infrastructures of national or international importance; 3° Experience an exceptional influx of tourists residing outside France; 4° Benefit from a signi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article R3332-21-1

…n, on the one hand, the sum of the dividends and the remuneration of the non-bank financial assistance mentioned in Articles L. 213-5, L. 213-32 to L. 213-35, L. 313-13, L. 512-1 to L. 512-8 of the Mo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article R3332-21-2

For the application of 3° of I of article L. 3332-17-1 to companies, company directors are understood to mean the persons mentioned in the first paragraph of 1° of article 885 O bis of the General Tax…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article R3332-21-4

…e companies include equity securities, bonds, promissory notes, savings bonds, current account advances, equity securities and equity loans issued or granted by these companies.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions common to clinical and biological activities involving medically assisted procreation

Article R2142-21-2

…unique European donation code at the latest before gametes for donation and embryos intended for reception are made available; 2° affixing the unique European donation code on the traceability sheet…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions common to clinical and biological activities involving medically assisted procreation

Article R2142-21-1

The traceability of gametes for donation and embryos intended for reception is ensured by the use of the unique European donation code, the structure and allocation procedures for which are defined in…

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