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Showing 38813890 of 3953 articles for Art. 17 avr. 1985

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
ANNEX TO BOOK IV

Article

…icles…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article L4211-1

…companies whose purpose is to accelerate technology transfer;Subject to articles L. 3641-1 and L. 5217-2, the municipalities and their groupings may only intervene in addition to the region and within…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART THREE

Article Annexe 31-2

…g care; 15° Health education; 16° Providing lockers for the personal belongings of homeless people; 17° Recovery of used equipment and treatment of septic waste; 18° Installing distributors of prevent…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36

…3° By the Bar Council of the Bar with which the lawyers are registered, in accordance with Article 17 of Law No. 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 reforming certain legal professions. It may be assisted in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Modification, suspension, withdrawal and non-renewal of early access authorisation

Article R5121-72

…n the first paragraph of Article L. 5123-2 of this Code or in the first paragraph of Article L. 162-17 of the French Social Security Code within one month of the granting of the corresponding marketin…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes I

Article Annexe I-4 (art. R122-6)

…taken by majority vote. In the event of a tie, the Chairman has the casting vote. Option A Article 17 The Board of Directors appoints, from among its members, a Chairman and, if it deems it useful, o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article A822-28-12

…signment or service, in particular its legal form, organisational structure and sector of activity. 17. In the light of these elements, the statutory auditor: -determine the nature of the due diligenc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the tax

Article 206

…subject to corporation tax;11. (repealed as from the date of entry into force of loi n° 2002-73 du 17 janvier 2002).

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-2

…basis of Articles L. 321-1 and L. 321-3 of the Internal Security Code, V ofArticle 34 of Act no. 2017-257 of 28 February 2017 on the status of Paris and metropolitan planning and their legal represen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5211-41-3

…e financial and asset conditions provided for in the fourth and fifth paragraphs of Article L. 5211-17.The public establishment resulting from the merger is automatically substituted, for the exercise…

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