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Showing 521530 of 58927 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 1-6-2010 n° 09-65.482

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Algorithmic trading activities applicable to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-10-6

Investment services providers other than portfolio management companies that use algorithmic trading to implement a market-making strategy must comply with the following conditions, taking into accoun…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 63-6

Security measures designed to ensure that the person in police custody is not in possession of any object dangerous to himself or to others are defined by order of the competent ministerial authority.…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-6

I.-A proprietary veterinary medicinal product may be imported in parallel with a view to being placed on the market in France if it meets the following conditions: 1° It comes from another Member Stat…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Declarations.

Article R5211-65-1

The declarations provided for in Articles L. 5211-3-1 and R. 5211-65 as well as the communication provided for in Article R. 5211-66 are made to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des p…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-61-1

As the Articles of Association provide that General Meetings are to be held exclusively by videoconference or by means of telecommunication, pursuant to the provisions of the first paragraph of Articl…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision on a consolidated basis by a competent authority of another Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L613-21-6-1

Where an authority of another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area responsible for the prudential supervision on a consolidated basis of a group c…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Purchases by French companies from French suppliers in competition with a foreign company receiving official export support

Article R442-10-6

The guarantee provided for in a ter of 1° of article L. 432-2 may be granted to French supplier companies and to the beneficiaries provided for in a bis of the same article under the conditions provid…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars.

Article R743-142-6

I.-For the category of acts of liquidation proceedings other than safeguard or receivership mentioned in table 2 of article appendix 4-7, the fee breaks down into:1° A main fee and a fixed fee for tra…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation

Article D612-6-1

In order to guarantee identification and effective participation in the meeting of the resolution board ruling by means of teleconferencing pursuant to the second paragraph of IV of Article L. 612-8-1…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Preferential rights and guarantees for wage claims.

Article L143-11-6

The insurance is financed by employer contributions based on the remuneration used to calculate contributions to the unemployment insurance scheme defined by Section I of Chapter I of Title V of Book…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
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