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Showing 52715280 of 5857 articles for Art. 12 juill. 2018

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Economic and social measures

Article L3231-6

…rgy produced by the production facilities benefits from the support provided for in Articles L. 311-12, L. 314-1, L. 314-18, L. 446-2, L. 446-5, L. 446-14 or L. 446-15 of the Energy Code. In the latte…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General privileges

Article 2331

Other than those provided for by special laws, privileged claims on the generality of movables are: 1° Legal costs, on condition that they have benefited the creditor against whom the lien is asserted…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Maintenance of the National Register of Companies

Article R123-318

In application of the third paragraph of Article L. 123-52, the following authorities, administrations, legal entities and professions have access to all the information contained in the National Regi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article R22-10-3

…mission to the company's share capital; The conditions for admission to the company's share capital 12° The conditions governing admission to shareholders' meetings and the exercise of voting rights,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, terrorist financing, the freezing of assets and prohibited lotteries and games

Article L773-43

…15 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union are replaced by references to Article L. 712-10 and the words: "abroad or any other form of free establishment" are deleted; 4° In Articles L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, terrorist financing, the freezing of assets and prohibited lotteries and games

Article L774-43

…15 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union are replaced by references to Article L. 712-10 and the words: "abroad or any other form of free establishment" are deleted; 4° In Articles L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information

Article L784-13

…he same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 631-1 Ordinance no. 2020-115 of 12 February 2020 L. 631-2 Law 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 631-2-1, with the exception of its twentie…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information

Article L783-13

…he same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 631-1 Ordinance no. 2020-115 of 12 February 2020 L. 631-2 Law 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 631-2-1, with the exception of its twentie…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Caisses de crédit agricole mutuel.

Article R512-4

…ons mentioned in Section 3 of Chapter 2 of Title I of Book I of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code;12° The intervention bodies mentioned in Title II of Decree no. 53-974 of 30 September 1953;13° Le g…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral and burial regulations

Article R2213-1-4

…t or in an accommodation establishment for dependent elderly people mentioned in the article L. 313-12 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles, the death certificate may be drawn up on paper a…

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