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Showing 511520 of 29384 articles for Art. 18 May 2017

French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article D112-18

…ion's various activities. The Director General has access to meetings of the Steering Committee. He may request that the Committee meet to examine the issues referred to it. The Chairman and the other…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Aid award committee

Article R411-18

…se in tourism, leisure and social issues, appointed by the Minister for Tourism. Commission members may not take part in deliberations if they have a direct or indirect interest in the matter under di…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 7: Operating procedures of the advisory committees for the amicable settlement of disputes

Article D2197-18

…ement of the dispute and shall question the representatives of the parties orally or in writing. It may summon them. If the handling of the case so requires, the Chairman authorises the rapporteur to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Conditions for exercising departmental mandates

Article L3123-18

…ial civil service, the board of directors or supervisory board of a company or who chairs a company may not receive, for all their duties, a total amount of remuneration and allowances exceeding one a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Conditions for exercising regional mandates

Article L4135-18

…ivil servants, the board of directors or the supervisory board of a company or who chairs a company may not receive, for all of his functions, a total amount of remuneration and expense allowance grea…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Creation of accounts.

Article R123-187

…long as the "formation expenses" and "development costs" items have not been cleared, no dividends may be distributed unless the amount of free reserves is at least equal to the amount of unamortised…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Special provisions for securitisation undertakings or compartments of securitisation undertakings carrying insurance risks

Article L214-189

…ternal control and risk management mechanisms. The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may, by a reasoned decision, withdraw its authorisation at the request of the undertaking or if it n…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-18

The public prosecutor at a judicial court other than that of Paris may, for offences falling within the scope of Article 706-16, request the investigating judge to relinquish jurisdiction in favour of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Budgetary and accounting provisions

Article D4425-18

…s used to develop, implement and evaluate the actions, public policies and programmes.This analysis may be based on the reference framework for territorial sustainable development projects and local A…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Implementation and administration.

Article R4622-18

…e medical examination of fitness or the information and prevention visit carried out on recruitment may take place during the next visit to a locality where one of these centres operates within a peri…

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