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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Rules applicable to financial contracts, temporary acquisitions and sales of financial instruments and guarantees

Article R214-19

I. - A UCITS may not grant loans or act as guarantor on behalf of third parties. It may, however, acquire financial instruments referred to in article L. 214-20 which are not fully paid up. II. - A UC…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Procedure for registration on the lists of judicial representatives.

Article R812-19

The provisions relating to the procedure for registering judicial administrators provided for in articles R. 811-31 to R. 811-35, with the exception of the eighth and tenth paragraphs of Article R. 81…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Data retention and penalties

Article L722-19

Where there are indications that cash worth less than €10,000 or CFP francs 1,193,300, carried by a bearer or forming part of a consignment without the intervention of a bearer, coming from or going t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Judgement

Article R1454-19

In cases where the case is brought directly before it or where it appears that the case referred by the conciliation and referral office is not ready to be heard, the adjudication office may take all…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Business premises.

Article D4361-19

The premises reserved for the professional activity of a hearing aid acoustician comprise : 1° Either a practice and a soundproof booth, or an audioprosthetic measurement room with a minimum useful vo…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Financial and accounting system

Article D112-19

The public body is subject to the provisions of Titles I and III of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Election of employee representatives

Article D112-19

Voters shall use only the voting materials provided by the administration.The vote shall be cast on a single ballot paper bearing no erasures, distinguishing marks or overwriting, failing which it sha…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Inspection of products before release for free circulation

Article L511-19

The sampling and counter-analysis procedures are defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Examination of applications for plant variety certificates.

Article R623-19

Where the denomination of the variety proposed by the breeder or his successor in title did not appear in the initial application or where the breeder proposes, at the request of the person in charge…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Novel foods and novel food ingredients

Article R412-19

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 the provisions of Articles 1 to 3 and 6 of Regulation (EU) No 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015, as…

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