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Showing 15911600 of 21304 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 24 Nov. 1998 – Chevassus-Marche

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: UCITS

Article L214-2-2

Any UCITS established under foreign law must be notified to the Autorité des marchés financiers by the competent authority of its home Member State before its units or shares are marketed in France or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supplementary supervision of financial conglomerates

Article L633-10

I. - When the competent authorities of a Member State or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area wish, in specific cases, to verify the information relating to an entity…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article L547-1

Participative finance service providers are the legal persons defined in e) of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 2020/1503 of 7 October 2020. They shall be authorised, under the condition…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Employee savings funds

Article L214-163

I. - Unless otherwise stipulated, articles L. 214-24-24 to L. 214-26-2 apply to AIFs covered by this sub-section.II. - Company mutual funds and employee shareholding open-ended investment companies ma…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-9

…ame article L. 5121-8 or the obligations imposed on it pursuant to Articles L. 5121-8-1 and L. 5121-24. The suspension, withdrawal or amendment provided for in the fourth paragraph of this article, as…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General-purpose investment funds.

Article R214-32-25

…n its overall performance ;b) When the index is composed of instruments mentioned in Article L. 214-24-55, its composition complies with the diversification rules mentioned in I and II of Article R. 2…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 5: Electronic catalogues

Article R2162-55

Where, as part of the procedure for awarding a framework agreement concluded with several economic operators, tenders have been submitted in the form of electronic catalogues, the purchaser may provid…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L531-19

…ecision is taken on the application.Where the accelerated procedure provided for in Articles L. 531-24, L. 531-26 or L. 531-27 is applied, this communication may be made when the decision is notified.…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Payment terms

Article R2392-10

…me limit for its payment runs from the date defined under the conditions set out in article R. 2192-24.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-40

When a company decides to apply or terminate the application of the provisions set out in articles L. 233-35 à L. 233-39, it shall inform the Autorité des marchés financiers, which shall make this dec…

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