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Showing 921930 of 38223 articles for Art. Rép. Frassa: Sén. 9-3-2017 n° 23432

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Relations between the State and collecting institutions or bodies.

Article R221-98

To be authorised to open youth passbooks, the establishments and organisations mentioned in article R. 221-76 must first sign an authorisation agreement with the State setting out their commitments. T…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information, commercial practices, contracts and credit

Article L511-9

…d breaches of Chapters I and III of Title I, and Chapters I, II, III, and IV of Title II of the loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés et peuvent commun…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Local savings companies

Article L512-93

…vident institution, the local authorities and, under the conditions defined by article 3 bis of law n° 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperation, the other natural persons or legal ent…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-9

The insurance undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-3-2 may represent the commitments relating to transactions carried out by their branches located outside the territory of the European Communit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions common to corporate officers of sociétés anonymes.

Article L225-95

In the event of a merger of sociétés anonymes, the number of members of the board of directors or the supervisory board, as the case may be, may exceed the number of eighteen provided for in articles…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions common to corporate officers of sociétés anonymes.

Article L225-94

The limitation on the number of seats on the Board of Directors or Supervisory Board that may be held simultaneously by the same natural person, pursuant to articles L. 225-21 and L. 225-77, is applic…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Transfer of foreign nationals to another waiting area

Article L343-9

If the foreign national's departure cannot be effected from the station, port or airport on which the waiting area in which he or she is placed or held depends, he or she may be transferred to any wai…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Lapse of sums held in an automatic account

Article 123-9

At the end of the applicable period, the amounts affected by the lapse are withdrawn from the automatic account.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Public companies and public industrial and commercial establishments.

Article L2522-9

In each public undertaking or public institution concerned, a protocol drawn up by agreement between the management, the trade unions representing the staff and the minister responsible for the public…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin

Article L771-9

Article L. 733-4 as well as the last sentence of 2° of article L. 733-7 are not applicable to Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin.

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