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Showing 19211930 of 18775 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 26 Feb. 2008 – no. 06-20.272

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-4

…ed to in Part Eight of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 and to use, for publications other than their financial statements, specific media and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Common provisions.

Article L4343-3

…ng the profession in France or abroad, or suspended under the conditions set out in article L. 4311-26. However, if the applicant is banned from practising the profession in a country other than a Mem…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R154-1

…g provisions are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-46

…he Compagnie nationale by virtue of this title, and in particular its articles R. 821-25 and R. 821-26. At the proposal of the Executive Committee, it adopts the budget of the Compagnie Nationale, dis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General Manager.

Article R5312-19

…n legal proceedings and in civil acts, subject to the provisions of Articles R. 5312-23 and R. 5312-26. He has authority over all Pôle emploi staff. He appoints the Regional Directors as well as the D…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L511-21

…No 1024/2013 of 15 October 2013 ;4. Financial institution" means an undertaking as defined in point 26 of paragraph 1 of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013.For the purposes of this 4, on the one…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-34-1

…ragraph 1 of Article 72a of Regulation No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013; c) Among the commitments referred to in b, those instruments which meet all the condit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-16

…nd III of Book V or in Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on a consolidated basis, this Authority may take the necessary precautionary measures r…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum solvency margin requirement

Article R334-19

…d to operate simultaneously in at least two or more classes mentioned either in 1 and 2 or in 20 to 26 of Articles R. 321-1 of this Code, R. 211-2 of the Mutual Code and R. 931-2-1 of the Social Secur…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article D47-7

…jurisdiction to hear, in the districts defined in this table, the crimes referred to in Article 706-26. ENNEX LIST AND RESSORT OF COURTS OF TRIAL COMPETENT TO JUDGE THE CRIMES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 7…

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