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Showing 30313040 of 36276 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 5-9-2012 n° 11-23.209

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other conditions of access and practice

Article R519-9

I.-The banking and payment services intermediaries referred to in 2° of the I of article R. 519-4 and their agents referred to in 4° of the same I as well as the agents of the banking intermediaries r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-20-9

The Autorité des marchés financiers is the competent authority within the meaning of Article 29(4) and (5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 201…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Amending and cancelling declarations

Article R6351-9

For the purposes of assessing the conditions for cancelling the registration of the declaration of activity mentioned in 1° and 2° of Article L. 6351-4, the services examined are those corresponding t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: The Departmental Advisory Committee (R)

Article R1425-9

…ts for inter-municipal cooperation are counted by the commission set up in article 18 of the décret n° 96-1005 du 22 novembre 1996 relatif à l'installation des premiers conseils d'administration des s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Coordination committees.

Article D1432-9

In order to carry out the tasks assigned to it by 2° of Article L. 1432-1, the Commission :1° May decide, by mutual agreement between its members, on work to be carried out to contribute to the develo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Open-ended inclusion contracts

Article D5132-26-11

An intermediary association may conclude open-ended contracts as referred to in article D. 5132-26-9, up to a limit of 20% of the number of full-time integration workstations set out in the agreement.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Bodies and operations

Article L5211-11-2

I. - After each general renewal of the municipal councils or an operation provided for in articles L. 5211-5-1 A or L. 5211-41-3, the president of the public establishment for intercommunal cooperatio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article R228-91

For the application of 3° of article L. 228-99, the adjustment equalises, to the nearest hundredth of a share, the value of the securities that are obtained in the event of the exercise of the rights…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Employers not established in France

Article D1273-9

The provisions of articles D. 1272-1 to D. 1272-5 are applicable to the companies mentioned in II of article L. 243-1-2 of the Social Security Code, which have opted to use an employment voucher. The…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial and accounting rules

Article R5315-9

The public establishment is subject to: 1° The rules applicable to industrial and commercial companies in terms of financial management and accounting; 2° State economic and financial control, in acco…

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