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Showing 22312240 of 3724 articles for Art. 18 April 1961

French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Registrations and amending registrations carried out ex officio

Article R123-303

…tsman or artisan d'art is awarded in accordance with articles 5 and 5 bis of Decree no. 98-247 of 2 April 1998 on craft qualifications and the trades and crafts sector or when the title of master craf…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION IN SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON, NEW CALEDONIA, FRENCH POLYNESIA AND THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L781-1

…and of the Council of 26 June 2013, No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014, No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014, No 909/2014 of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Budgetary and accounting organisation

Article R1222-14

…e provided for by decree no. 55-733 of 26 May 1955 codifying, in application of law no. 55-360 of 3 April 1955 and amending the texts relating to the economic and financial control of the State. The c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation

Article R1435-30

…the beneficiary. It includes the other information required byarticle 10 of law no. 2000-321 of 12 April 2000 on the rights of citizens in their relations with administrations.II - The provisions of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation

Article R1435-27

…e National Steering Committee and to the chief executives of the regional health agencies before 30 April of the following financial year. An order issued by the ministers responsible for health and s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession

Article R821-75

…for public interest entities referred to in i of Article 26(2) of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of 16 April 2014.Where the statutory auditor has not performed any certification engagement in the six fin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Economic aid (R)

Article R4253-4

…representative trade union organisations, pursuant to Article 10 of amended Law no. 2000-321 of 12 April 2000 on the rights of citizens in their relations with administrations and of the décret n° 20…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Judicial police officers

Article 21-1

…the territorial limits where the latter exercises his powers pursuant to the provisions of article 18.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Officials and agents authorised to investigate forestry offences

Article 24

…n, under the same conditions as those set out for forestry offences in articles L. 161-14 to L. 161-18 of the Forestry Code as well as, in environmental matters, to article L. 172-8 of the French Envi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article L324-2

…in Article L. 236-1 of the Commercial Code or the demerger operations referred to in Article L. 236-18 of the same Code involve transfers of the portfolio of contracts carried out under the conditions…

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