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Showing 46614670 of 40100 articles for Art. s. L. 145-15 & L. 145-16

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special case of payment instruments with personalised security data

Article L133-19

…m the use of the instrument, up to a maximum of €50, before the information provided for in article L. 133-17 is provided.However, the payer shall not be liable in the event of :- unauthorised payment…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees.

Article L225-184

…Ordinary General Meeting each year of the transactions carried out under the provisions of articles L. 225-177 to L. 225-186. This report also gives an account of:the number, expiry dates and prices o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-33

I. - By way of derogation from I of Article L. 233-32, the articles of association of a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market may provide that, during a takeover bid, the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L490-9

…nomy and the officials designated or authorised by him in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 450-1 have the powers granted to them by Title V of Book IV.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Breaches of the rules concerning the design, manufacture and marketing of work equipment and personal protective equipment

Article L4755-3

…ions (EC) No 765/2008 and (EU) No 305/2011 fails to comply with a measure taken pursuant to Article L. 4314-2 of this Code or Article 16(3) of the aforementioned Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the Europ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility

Article L22-10-75

As an exception to article L. 226-8, in companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the remuneration of the executive director(s) and the remuneration of the members of the s…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-5

…For the investigation and detection of the misleading commercial practices referred to in Articles L. 121-2 to L. 121-4, they also have the powers provided for in Article L. 512-15 as well as sub-sec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-34

…isions of this section apply to the following persons:1° The credit institutions defined in Article L. 511-1 and the central bodies mentioned in Article L. 511-30 ; 2° Investment firms within the mean…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Book V: Service providers

Article L500-1

…administer or be a member of a collegiate supervisory body of an organisation mentioned in Articles L. 213-8, L. 511-1, L. 517-1, L. 517-4, L. 522-1, L. 526-1, L. 531-1, L. 542-1, L. 543-1 and L. 549-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2224-32

…electric facility, any new facility using other renewable energies defined in particular in article L. 211-2 of the Energy Code, any new facility for the energy recovery of household or similar waste…

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