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Showing 54515460 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 General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Terms and conditions for the transfer of competences

Article LO6371-8

I. - This article shall apply to services or parts of services that participate in the exercise of competencies of the State, the region of Guadeloupe or the department of Guadeloupe transferred to th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares

Article L22-10-59

I.-The provisions of the Articles of Association concerning the case of free share allocations to certain categories of a company's salaried employees provided for in the third sentence of the second…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-9

…istered for at least five years and whose articles of association propose to assist victims of offences may exercise the rights granted to civil parties in respect of offences falling within the scope…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2141-11-1

…f gametes or germ tissue derived from the human body are subject to authorisation issued by the Agence de la biomédecine. They are exclusively intended to enable the pursuit of a parental project thro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Economic concentration.

Article L430-2

I.-The provisions of Articles L. 430-3 et seq. of this Title any concentration within the meaning of Article L. 430-1, when the following three conditions are met:the total worldwide turnover excludin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: General provisions

Article L412-1

I.-The information document to be drawn up pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017 in the event of a public offer of financial securities or the admission of financial securities to t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Economic concentration.

Article R430-3

If the European Commission decides, pursuant to Article 9 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139 / 2004 of 20 January 2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings, to refer all or part of a c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Quality of vocational training courses

Article L6316-2

The certification referred to in Article L. 6316-1 is issued by a certifying body accredited for this purpose or in the process of being accredited by the national accreditation body referred to in Ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Organisation and composition

Article R7226-4

…and Educational Council, the number of their representatives and, where applicable, the specific procedures for their appointment. The distribution of seats allocated to employee trade union organisat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Fonds commun de placement à risques.

Article R214-43

…ng controlled exclusively or jointly by the management company within the meaning of article L. 233-16 of the Commercial Code, any undertaking controlling the management company exclusively or jointly…

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