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Showing 30513060 of 4860 articles for Art. 18 December 2019

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to auctioneers, bailiffs, notaries and lawyers

Article R444-66

…compulsory deposit or consignment of funds, pursuant to the article 15 of decree no. 45-0117 of 19 December 1945 taken for the application of the status of notaries, account to their clients for the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and tasks of the network of chambers of commerce and industry.

Article D711-71-1

…utive committee by electronic means, under the conditions set out in the decree no. 2014-1627 of 26 December 2014 relating to the procedures for organising remote deliberations of collegiate administr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO CERTAIN LOCAL PUBLIC SERVICES

Article R1425-1

…a single agreement. This agreement or, failing this, separate agreements may be concluded as of 29 December 1996. Until the entry into force of the agreement(s) relating to the transfers, an annual f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I

Article A38-3

…m the documents provided for in the fourth paragraph of 2° of article 2 of Decree no. 64-1333 of 22 December 1964, as amended, relating to the recovery of fines and financial penalties by the accounta…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Conditions of practice

Article R743-139-21

…pations financières de profession libérale set up, pursuant to article 31-1 of law n° 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professions subject to a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article D6262-1

…f the overall operating allocation;2° The change in the retail price index between 1 January and 31 December of the previous financial year, as well as the forecasts for the current financial year, as…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to each medical profession.

Article R4113-14

…ntioned in the first paragraph or in 1° to 4° of the second paragraph of article 5 of the law of 31 December 1990 is prohibited to any natural person or legal entity practising in any form whatsoever:…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Professional card

Article R4321-32-2

…European professional card; 3° The procedures for updating, pursuant to Article 4 of Order No. 2016-1809 of 22 December 2016 already cited, the electronic records of masseur-physiotherapists holding a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Joint ventures formed by professionals covered by Titles I, II, IV and VII of this Book.

Article D4381-23

…sts, speech therapists, orthoptists and dieticians referred to in Title II of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice of the liberal professions in the form of companies shall giv…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation

Article R4441-26

…of civil procedure of New Caledonia or in articles 200 to 202 of deliberation no. 2001-200 AFP of 4 December 2001 on the code of civil procedure of French Polynesia, the Disciplinary Chamber of New Ca…

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