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Showing 54015410 of 9051 articles for Art. 158 · CE 18 June 1990 n° 61022 · CE 16 July 2008 n° 277180 · CE 16 June 2004 n° 235647

French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose of the file

Article L751-6

…de l'informatique et des libertés and the comité consultatif du secteur financier, sets out the procedures for collecting, recording, storing and consulting the information. This decree also determin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 879-1

For the application of articles 16 to 19, Mayotte police officers placed at the disposal of the State are assimilated, in accordance with the provisions and under the conditions laid down by these art…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Schedule.

Article R123-197-1

Public limited companies that adopt a simplified presentation pursuant to Article L. 123-16 shall include in the notes to the financial statements a list of transactions carried out between the compan…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R490-7

…pean Commission pursuant to the provisions of Article 15(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Rural solidarity grant.

Article R2334-6

…on of article L. 2334-20, the data to be taken into account is assessed at 1 January of the year preceding the financial year for which the allocation is made, with the exception of the population, ca…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R4113-26

The purpose of the companies governed by this section is the joint practice of the profession of doctor or dental surgeon. Such partnerships are called "sociétés civiles professionnelles de médecins"…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R6123-9

The Board of Directors may delegate some of its powers to the Chief Executive Officer within the limits it determines, with the exception of those mentioned in 2°, 3°, 5°, 7°, 9°, 10°, 11°, 12°, 13°,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Economic aid

Article L2251-5

…qualify for the grant provided for in the first paragraph, an establishment must, during the reference period referred to in Article 1467 A of the General Tax Code or, for the collectivity of Saint-Ba…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter XX: Levies on betting and gaming

Article 302 bis ZG

…and operated by the sociétés de courses under the conditions laid down by Article 5 of the Law of 2 June 1891, the purpose of which is to regulate the authorisation and operation of horse racing, and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision on a consolidated basis by a competent authority of another Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L613-21-2

…Article 4(1)(40) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 or, where applicable, within the meaning of Article 4(1)(7) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 o…

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