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Showing 591600 of 26507 articles for Art. Loi n° 2014-626 du 18 juin 2014

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1844-6

The extension of the company shall be decided unanimously by the members or, if the Articles so provide, by the majority provided for the amendment of the Articles.At least one year before the expiry…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-18

…f sustainable development of the local authority based on the assessments, documents and reports produced by the Corsican local authority on a voluntary basis or provided for by a legislative or regul…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-18

…thors' organisation grants an entertainment company or any other user the right to perform, for the duration of the contract, current or future works in the repertoire of the said organisation under c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of the European arrest warrant

Article 695-18

When the public prosecutor who issued the European arrest warrant has obtained the surrender of the requested person, that person may not be prosecuted, sentenced or detained with a view to the enforc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-18

The declaration referred to in Article L. 561-15 is confidential. Subject to the provisions ofArticle 19 of the aforementionedAct 78-17 of 6 January 1978, it is prohibited, on pain of the penalties pr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Urban solidarity and social cohesion grant.

Article L2334-18-2

…nicipality is equal to its population multiplied by the value of the index allocated to it. This product is weighted by the tax effort up to a limit of 1.3 and by a coefficient varying uniformly from…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Monitoring of blood-derived medicinal products

Article R5121-184

…ons laid down in Articles R. 5121-138 to R. 5121-142, the packaging of a blood-derived medicinal product includes three detachable labels, separate from the information medium mentioned in Article L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation

Article R6156-18

…m to belong to a union. When the admissibility of one of the candidatures is not accepted, the procedure described above is implemented within three days of notification of the administrative court's…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-18-2

…financiers and made public by the latter, under the conditions mentioned in Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article L612-18

…e Banque de France balances the budget of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution by deducting the corresponding amount from the "Deferred contributions of the Autorité de contrôle pruden…

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