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Showing 11111120 of 24560 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 21 June 2011 – no. 10-19.902

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-21-1

…the performance of their respective duties under conditions similar to those set out in Article L. 621-21. To this end, these bodies may provide the AMF with information covered by professional secrec…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXa: Directory of personal data collected in the context of legal proceedings, known as "Redex".

Article R53-21-19

…r shall keep for a period of three years, within the limits of the periods defined in Article R. 53-21-20, information relating to recordings, deletions and interrogations of which it is the subject,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article L613-21-2

…Article 4(1)(40) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 or, where applicable, within the meaning of Article 4(1)(7) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-10

The application for authorisation to import a proprietary veterinary medicinal product in parallel is accompanied by a dossier comprising :1° For each presentation, a sample of the proprietary medicin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-21-1

…tus which exercise the competence of tourism or the public establishments mentioned in articles L. 5211-21 et L. 5722-6 collecting the tourist tax or the flat-rate tourist tax and the metropolitan are…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Acquisition of French nationality by declaration of nationality

Article 21-13-1

…he same first paragraph is made. The Government may object, under the conditions defined in Article 21-4, to the acquisition of French nationality by the declarant who avails himself of the provisions…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Insolvency proceedings concerning members of a group of companies established in several Member States

Article L694-10

A decree in Council of State shall specify the conditions of application of this chapter.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article L22-10-10

In companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the corporate governance report provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 225-37 in addition to the information ment…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Exercise of the right of recourse

Article R212-7-21

…the appeal to the Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique provided for in article L. 212-10-3 is made in the ordinary administrative form.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers of the overseas regions in relation to economic development and regional planning

Article L4433-10-10

Where the state of digital coverage of the territory is likely to prevent effective public participation by electronic means as provided for by articles L. 4433-10-6 and L. 4433-10-9, a copy of the fi…

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