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Showing 10611070 of 60433 articles for Art. Loi 86-18 du 6-1-1986

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-18

The AMF shall ensure that issuers referred to in Article L. 451-1-2 or issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a multilateral trading facility subject to the provisions of II of Article L.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-18

…to going concern, approved by the Minister of Justice, is shown below: NEP-570. GOING CONCERN Introduction 1. In preparing its accounts, an entity is presumed to be continuing in business. These are…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title III: Procedures and penalties

Article R335-18

When they are intended to be destroyed with the consent of the copyright or related right holder and the consent of the holder of the goods, whether or not they are transported in small consignments,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article 187-3

…strate who replaces him or her rules at the latest on the second working day following the request. During this period, the effects of the release order are suspended and the person remains in custody…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article 186-3

The accused and the prosecution may appeal against the orders provided for in the first paragraph of Article 179 where they consider that the acts referred to the criminal court constitute a crime tha…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-18

…entity whose accounts it is responsible for certifying. These fees are set in accordance with procedures determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. II.-Where the statutory auditor provides to a publ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Digital health space, shared medical file and pharmaceutical file

Article L1111-18

…ay not be requested either prior to the conclusion of a contract, or at any time or on any occasion during its application.Maternal and child protection doctors shall have access to the shared medical…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Receivership.

Article L631-18

…usiness. For the application of Article L. 625-1, the judicial representative summoned before the industrial tribunal or, failing that, the claimant summons the institutions mentioned in article L. 32…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-18

The rates charged by life assurance and capitalisation undertakings and by supplementary occupational pension funds include the undertaking's remuneration and are based on the following elements : 1°…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Approved funds.

Article D214-187-1

II of article D. 214-32-31 does not apply to AIFs covered by this sub-paragraph.

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