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Showing 23112320 of 3783 articles for Art. 1729 · CE 28 July 2011 n° 313279

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Simplified joint stock companies.

Article R227-1-1

…cle L. 227-9 to be kept and the minutes to be drawn up in electronic form without specifying the procedures, the minutes shall be signed using an electronic signature that meets at least the requireme…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisations representing self-employed workers using platforms

Article L7343-2

…rred to in Article L. 2131-1 and their associations referred to in Article L. 2133-2 where the defence of the rights of these workers is part of their corporate purpose; 2° Associations constituted in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Reducing human exposure to gamma radiation from construction materials in buildings

Article R1333-41

…ng natural materials or industrial residues mentioned in article R. 1333-40 indicate an activity concentration index (I) in the documents providing the characteristics of these products from 1st July…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: The accounting officer (R)

Article R2221-30

…ies of accountant are entrusted either to an accountant from the Directorate General of Public Finance or to an accounting officer. The accounting officer is appointed by the prefect on a proposal fro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Expenditure by communes and groups of communes for municipal secondary and special education establishments (R).

Article D2321-13

The expenditure provided for in article D. 2321-8, whether financed from own resources or by borrowing, include under operations: 1° In municipal establishments: - expenditure on the replacement of fu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R3354-1

…the Highway Code are carried out under the conditions provided for in this chapter, without prejudice to the application of article 3 of law no. 70-597 of 9 July 1970 instituting a legal blood alcoho…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Accreditations.

Article R4724-1

…signated pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the mar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Governance of credit institutions and finance companies

Article L775-6

…t-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 511-51 Ordinance no. 2020-1635 of 21 December 2020 L. 511-52 Order 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 L. 511-53 Order no.…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 6: Access to the cinema

Article L212-27

Any operator of a cinematographic entertainment establishment who intends to set up a formula for access to the cinema giving the right to multiple admissions in a number not defined in advance must r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Creation of delegated communes within a new commune

Article L2113-17

…2511-17to L. 2511-23, the fourth paragraph of Article L. 2511-25, les articles L. 2511-26, L. 2511-28 to L. 2511-33 of this code and Article 36 of Law no. 82-1169 of 31 December 1982 relating to the…

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