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Showing 22512260 of 5440 articles for Art. 15 July 1992

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: European UCITS management companies

Article L532-20-1

…horised in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009.The provisions of Section 1 of Chapter IV of Title I of Book II are applicable to manageme…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 160 quater

…n a company carries out the transactions provided for in articles 48 and 49 of law no. 78-763 of 19 July 1978 on the status of sociétés coopératives de production, the cancellation of shares or corpor…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Destination of ashes

Article L2223-18-4

…ent deposit of urns or the scattering of ashes, in breach of this code, is punishable by a fine of €15,000 per offence. These provisions do not apply to cinerary sites created before 31 July 2005.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3a: Continuing vocational training

Article R321-31-3

…of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction under article 14 of the aforementioned law of 16 July 1971. These sums may only be allocated to continuing education initiatives for the persons desi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article D711-10-1

…of commerce and industry are competent authorities pursuant to article 32 of law no. 2010-853 of 23 July 2010 relating to consular networks, trade, craft industries and services. To this end, they coo…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 311-92

…cle…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Letters rogatory

Article D36-1

The provisions of article D. 15-5-1 are also applicable to operations carried out on the basis of a letter rogatory issued by an examining magistrate.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Sentence adjustment procedure applicable to released prisoners

Article D147-6

The procedures for applying the provisions of

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Delegation of territorial chambers of commerce and industry

Article R711-18

…s may be created by order of the supervisory authority. However, no delegation may be created after 15 April of the year in which the territorial chamber of commerce and industry is renewed.A delegati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Aeration and sanitation

Article R4212-6

…ulated bathroom or shower room (**)45Shared with a lavatory60Grouped baths, showers and toilets30 + 15 N (*)Grouped washbasins10 + 5 N (*) N (*): number of units in the room(**): for a lavatory, a bat…

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