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Showing 27312740 of 26790 articles for Art. CE 5-6-2020 n° 423066

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Investment research, financial analysis and voting advisory services

Article L544-6

Articles L. 544-3 to L. 544-5 apply to voting advisers whose registered office is in France, to voting advisers whose registered office is not in a Member State of the European Union but whose head of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Allocation of sums held in the automatic video editing account

Article 611-15

…e of media; 2° Technical expenditure, including expenditure on making works secure and accessible to people with disabilities; 3° Editorial expenditure; 4° Promotion and marketin…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: COMPLIANCE

Article R414-6

The conditions necessary for the application of the process mentioned in article R. 414-5 are as follows: 1° Before irradiating a certain category of foodstuffs, determination of the dose distribution…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R1244-6

…the date mentioned in 1°, the organisations, health establishments and health cooperation groups concerned send the Agence de la biomédecine the information required to implement II of Article L. 2143…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Debt securities

Article D742-6

…pplicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 213-1 to D. 213-3, D. 213-5 to D. 213-7n° 2016-707 of 30 May 2016D. 213-8n° 2019-1097 of 28 October 2019D. 213-9n° 2016-707 of 30 May 2016D…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Debt securities

Article D743-6

…pplicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 213-1 to D. 213-3, D. 213-5 to D. 213-7n° 2016-707 of 30 May 2016D. 213-8n° 2019-1097 of 28 October 2019D. 213-9n° 2016-707 of 30 May 2016D…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Change of status.

Article R5411-6

…5411-2, are as follows: 1° The exercise of any professional activity, even on an occasional or reduced basis and for any length of time ; 2° Any period of unavailability due to illness, maternity, in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Filing and registration of the declaration

Article R6351-6

Within thirty days of receipt of the declaration completed with the supporting documents referred to in article R. 6351-5, the Regional Prefect will issue a receipt with a registration number to the o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Authorisation to occupy the public domain constituting rights in rem

Article L1311-6

The real right conferred by the title, the works, constructions and installations of an immovable nature may not be assigned, or transferred in the context of inter vivos transfers or mergers, takeove…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions for economic operators from countries outside the European Union or the European Economic Area

Article R2344-6

…ries outside the European Union or the European Economic Area to take part in the contract award procedure, before examining the accessibility of economic operators to the procedure, it may, where it…

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