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Showing 10411050 of 56672 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 18-1-2018 n° 15-27.525

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Funds of hedge funds.

Article D214-184

In order to prevent an imbalance between redemption requests and the assets of the fund of hedge funds or one of its sub-funds from preventing it from honouring redemption requests under conditions th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: "My Training Activity" information system

Article R6351-18

I.-The representative of the service provider referred to in Article L. 6351-1 has direct access to the personal data concerning him, with a view to filling in and updating his personal data. II.The f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Other sanctions and measures

Article 1840 D

Notwithstanding the provisions of article 1840 C, where the registration duties or land registration tax and similar taxes, relating to judgments handed down in court which must be registered on the m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Practice of the professions.

Article L4241-18

The following are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat: 1° Where necessary, the terms and conditions of practice and professional rules ; 2° The operation of the commission referred to in articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Control consultation and other common provisions

Article R2212-18

A consultation to monitor and verify the termination of the pregnancy: 1° Is carried out at least fourteen days and at most twenty-one days following the voluntary termination of pregnancy by medicati…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article L335-18

A decree in the Council of State shall set: 1° The conditions for applying the measures provided for in articles L. 335-10 to L. 335-16; 2° The conditions under which goods likely to infringe a copyri…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Transitional provisions

Article L5217-18

As from the general renewal of the municipal councils following the promulgation of Law no. 2014-58 of 27 January 2014 on the modernisation of territorial public action and the affirmation of metropol…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Obligations where there is a high risk of money laundering or terrorist financing

Article R561-18

I. - For the purposes of 1° of article L. 561-10, a person exposed to particular risks by virtue of their duties is a person who holds or has held for less than one year one of the following positions…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R1313-15

The Board of Directors may delegate certain of its powers to its Chairman or to the Chief Executive Officer, with the exception of the matters referred to in 1°, 3°, 4°, 6°, 7°, 10°, 18° and 20°, with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisational conditions for medically assisted procreation activities

Article R2142-18

The multidisciplinary clinical-biological medical team referred to in Article L. 2141-2 is composed, for clinical activities involving medically assisted procreation, of at least : 1° A doctor qualifi…

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