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Showing 22612270 of 26032 articles for Art. CE 26-4-2017 n° 400441

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to investment firms

Article L531-4

…o management companies and credit institutions, which are authorised to provide the investment services referred to in Article L. 321-1 on a regular professional basis. The investment firms defined in…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-43

…ncreased: 1° By one month, when the claim is brought: a) Either before a court whose registered office is in mainland France, for parties residing in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion, Ma…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Special financing arrangements

Article L4332-4

…e I of Article L. 5211-21.This additional tax is established and collected according to the same procedures as the tax to which it is added. When its proceeds are collected by a municipality or by a p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK I: Commerce in general.

Article Annexe 1-4

…Position held : Declare that they are aware of the provisions of article L. 131-14 du code de commerce, under the terms of which: "In order for a legal entity to be registered on the list of sworn goo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article Annexe 4-3

…y objections and other documents pursuant to Art. 25 of Directive 2019/1/ EU ☐ Application for enforcement of decisions imposing financial penalties or periodic penalty payments pursuant to Art. 26 of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments and organisations

Article R4211-42-1

I.-Establishments or organisations that prepare or import investigational advanced therapy medicinal products prepared on an ad hoc basis ensure that all preparation operations are carried out in acco…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Annexes Part A Book VIII

Article Annexe 8-4

…OARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CAISSE DE GARANTIE Recap of texts Article 72 of decree no. 85-1389 of 27 December 1985 (amended by decree no. 2004-518 of 10 June 2004):The guarantee fund is managed by a boar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Special provisions for external radiotherapy and brachytherapy

Article R6123-93-4

…adiotherapy under stereotactic conditions for primary brain tumours, a protocol is drawn up in advance with doctors specialising in neurosurgery who perform intracranial radiosurgery under stereotacti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-40

I.-A.-The provisions of C apply if a credit institution or finance company is in one of the following situations: 1° It has breached a provision of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliame…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Book III: Services

Article D330-4

…rticle L. 330-1 shall be made in writing and by any means that can be relied upon to provide a date certain to the Minister responsible for the economy. It must be accompanied by documents proving tha…

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