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Showing 29512960 of 39346 articles for Art. s. L. 145-15 & L. 145-47–55

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-20

…portfolio management companies authorised to provide the services mentioned in 1, 2 or 3 of Article L. 321-1 may initiate or conclude transactions with eligible counterparties without complying with t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Succession of contracts.

Article L1251-36

…days taken into account are the days on which the user company or establishment is open for business. Without prejudice to the provisions ofarticle L. 1251-5, the agreement or the extended branch agr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Provisions relating to co-insurance

Article L365-1

…State of the European Union, which participates in the cover of a large risk as defined in Article L. 111-6 located in France, within the framework of a co-insurance transaction carried out under the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Residence permit commission

Article L432-13

…t is considering refusing to issue or renew the temporary residence permit provided for in articles L. 423-1, L. 423-7, L. 423-13, L. 423-14, L. 423-15, L. 423-21, L. 423-22, L. 423-23, L. 425-9 or L.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: COMMUNES DES DÉPARTEMENTS DE LA MOSELLE, DU BAS-RHIN ET DU HAUT-RHIN

Article L5816-8

…ted communes of the expenditure decided by the syndicate commission is made by the municipal councils. In the event of disagreement between the municipal councils on the distribution of expenses, the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: General health administration.

Article L1524-2

…Health Service, regional health observatories and social security bodies do not apply;3° In Article L. 1413-7, the words: "mentioned inArticle L. 2223-19 of the General Local Authorities Code " are de…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article L325-1

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 612-39, the administrative authorisation provided for in Articles L. 321-1, L. 321-1-1, L. 321-7 and L. 329-1 may be withdrawn by the Autorité de cont…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Other service providers

Article L774-39

…cated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 549-1 Ordinance no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 549-2Ordinance no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 5…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Seller's lien.

Article L141-22

Within ten days of the last of the publications provided for in articles L. 141-12 and L. 141-13, any unregistered creditor of the transferring shareholder shall notify the registry of the commercial…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Leave for employees standing for or elected to parliamentary or local office.

Article L3142-85

The provisions of article L. 3142-84 do not apply when the term of office has been renewed, unless the duration of the suspension provided for in article L. 3142-83 was, for whatever reason, less than…

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