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Showing 941950 of 44299 articles for Art. CE 25-2-2004 n° 250328

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-29-7-2

…applies to the intermediaries mentioned in 1° to 4° of I of article L. 228-2 when they provide services to shareholders or other intermediaries in relation to the shares of companies that have their r…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exercise of parental authority by separated parents

Article 373-2-2

…between the parents, or between the parents and the child, the contribution to the child's maintenance and education takes the form of maintenance paid, as appropriate, by one of the parents to the ot…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Information for the Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L214-24-20

…main instruments it trades, the markets on which it operates, its main exposures and its largest concentrations.II. - When it is managed or marketed in the European Union, the AIF or its management co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for sales by judicial auction.

Article R642-29-2

…u code des procédures civiles d'exécution which are mentioned below. At the auction hearing, the procedure set out in sub-section 3 of the aforementioned section 4 shall be followed. Article R. 322-59…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-24-2

…f the competent director general of the regional health agency, complete their training period in excess of their normal number under the conditions provided for, as appropriate, in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Assessors

Article 249

…re chosen either from among the councillors of the court of appeal, or from among the presidents, vice-presidents, or judges within the jurisdiction of the court of appeal.The first president of the c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Assessors

Article 248

…sessors. However, they may be joined by one or more additional assessors if the duration or importance of the session makes this necessary. The additional assessors sit at the hearings. They only take…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Purge

Article 2464

Failing the agreement provided for in the preceding article, the third party purchaser may, once the sale has been published, purge the property of the right of pursuit attached to the mortgage. He mu…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Purge

Article 2471

If the third-party purchaser has acquired by the same deed, for a total price or separate prices, immovables and movables, or several immovables, only some of which are mortgaged, and which may or may…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Purge

Article 2461

…y, expropriation for public utility or the situations provided for in Books VI of the code de commerceor VII of the code de la consommation.

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