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Showing 2130 of 65947 articles for Art. L 440-1 to L 444-8

French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary chapter: The commission for the examination of commercial practices

Article D440-13

The appropriations necessary for the Commission for the Examination of Commercial Practices to carry out its mission are entered in the budget of the Ministry responsible for the economy.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary chapter: The commission for the examination of commercial practices

Article D440-12

The opinions and recommendations of the Trade Practices Review Board and of the chambers called upon to give an opinion are adopted by a majority of their members present; in the event of a tie, the c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary chapter: The commission for the examination of commercial practices

Article D440-10

The Commercial Practices Review Board may only validly deliberate in the presence of half of its members plus one.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary chapter: The commission for the examination of commercial practices

Article D440-9

The meetings of the Trade Practices Review Board are not public. The investigators referred to in the sixth paragraph of Article L. 440-1 may attend meetings of the commission when matters are being e…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: Clearing houses

Article D440-3

The bodies or undertakings referred to in Article 7 of L. 440-2 meet the following conditions:they do not offer clearing services on behalf of third parties; -they belong to one of the following categ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary chapter: The commission for the examination of commercial practices

Article D440-2

The Commission d'examen des pratiques commerciales is made up of one deputy and one senator as well as twenty-four full members and sixteen alternate members distributed as follows:1° One honorary mag…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: Clearing houses

Article D440-2

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, when requiring that a clearing house be subject to authorisation by the European Central Bank as a credit institution within the meaning of Articl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary chapter: The commission for the examination of commercial practices

Article D440-7

The Trade Practices Review Commission shall draw up rules of procedure setting out its operating procedures. These rules shall be approved by the Minister responsible for the economy.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary chapter: The commission for the examination of commercial practices

Article D440-5

…eview boards set up within the Trade Practices Review Commission are chaired by a magistrate and include an equal number of representatives of producers and distributors.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary chapter: The commission for the examination of commercial practices

Article D440-3

The appointment of the members of the administrative and judicial jurisdictions, within the commission for the examination of commercial practices, is respectively made on the proposal of the vice-pre…

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