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Showing 341350 of 67840 articles for Art. 1 and Arrêté ECOT2301445A du 27-1-2023 Art. 1

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L214-27

Unless otherwise provided, articles L. 214-24-24 to L. 214-26-2 apply to private equity funds.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L2315-27

At least four Social and Economic Committee meetings a year deal in whole or in part with the Committee's responsibilities in the areas of health, safety and working conditions, and more frequently if…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Procedure

Article R321-27

When the supervisory board wishes to hear a person pursuant to III of article L. 327-11, the interested party is notified by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt at least fifteen days bef…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Regulatory and monitoring role in the field of technical protection measures and the identification of protected works and objects

Article R331-27

…unication audiovisuelle et numérique may reject as inadmissible an application referred to it where:1° The subject of the application does not fall within its jurisdiction;2° The application does not…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article R236-27

The buyback offer referred to in Article L. 236-40 shall be paid by the company no later than two months after the effective date of the transaction determined in accordance with Article L. 236-44.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Dotation d'équipement des territoires ruraux (rural amenities grant)

Article R2334-27

…toires ruraux, the dotation politique de la ville, the dotation de soutien à l'investissement local and the dotation de soutien à l'investissement des départements may not represent, used alone or in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and election (R)

Article R5211-27

…as elected, it shall be allocated for the remainder of the term of office to the first non-elected candidate appearing on the same list.When the provisions of the previous paragraph can no longer be a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4321-27

…consulting the Commission of Physiotherapists, will issue the licence provided for in article L. 4321-4, on the basis of an application accompanied by a file submitted and examined in accordance with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-27

The dossiers provided in support of the application for authorisation of the medicinal products mentioned in articles R. 5121-25 and R. 5121-26 are considered to contain all the necessary and sufficie…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Criminal provisions

Article R753-27

…ubject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right…

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