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Showing 32013210 of 14329 articles for Art. CE 8-11-1978 n° 8603

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 12: On-street vehicle parking charges

Article L2333-87

I.-Without prejudice to the application of articles L. 2213-2 and L. 2512-14, the municipal council or the deliberative body of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation or of the joint…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article R225-83

…visory Board: a) The surname, usual first name and age of the candidates, their professional references and their professional activities over the last five years, in particular the positions they hol…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Export transactions

Article R442-8-10

…of cover pursuant to e of 1° of article L. 432-2 to companies authorised to carry out credit insurance operations in France for guarantees granted by these companies to companies in the following two…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1243-8

…implementation of new technical equipment, including new medico-technical software used for the traceability of products linked to activities;4° Third parties and the agreements entered into with the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Banking service providers

Article L775-8

…wording resulting from L. 513-1 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 513-2 to L. 513-4 with the exception of I.1, L. 513-6 to L. 513-11 Order no. 2021-858 of 30 June 2021 L. 513-12 to L. 513-14 Orde…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Approval and authorisation

Article R532-8

…risation as an investment firm to an applicant that is a direct or indirect subsidiary of an insurance company, reinsurance company, credit institution, investment firm or portfolio management company…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Actions and resources of members of multidisciplinary occupational health teams.

Article L4624-8

…ealth professionals mentioned in the first paragraph of I of article L. 4624-1, records, in compliance with medical confidentiality, information relating to the worker's state of health, the exposures…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Police custody

Article 706-88

…cles 63,77 and 154, if the requirements of the investigation or inquiry relating to one of the offences falling within the scope of Article 706-73 requires it, a person's police custody may, exception…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions concerning monitoring, controls and investigations

Article L632-8

The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) is the single authority serving as a contact point for receiving requests for exchanges of information or cooperation from the authorities of other Member Sta…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Clearing houses and central depositories

Article L763-8

…and column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 440-1 with the exception of its 3rd and 4th paragraphs and L. 440-2 Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 440-4 Law no.…

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