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Showing 14411450 of 3477 articles for Art. 20 déc. 2006

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Administrative formalities for companies

Article L123-33

…d complete with regard to the addressee. Any service provider falling within the scope of Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on services in the int…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Invoices

Article 289-0

…ices is deemed not to be carried out in the European Union pursuant to Title V of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax. III.-They also apply to tra…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Registration

Article R822-6

…s and practical training for obtaining such approval in accordance with the provisions of Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on statutory audits of annua…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: The knowledge test referred to in article L. 811-5

Article A811-36

Each test is marked from 0 to 20. Each mark is subject to the coefficient laid down for the corresponding test. Admission is decided by the selection board on the basis of the average of the marks obt…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 6: Financial provisions

Article L5842-9

…adaptations provided for in II and III. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5211-36 law no. 2015-991 of 7 August 2015 L. 5211-37 Order no. 2006-460 of 21 April 2006 L. 5211-39 law no. 2013-403…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 1215

…by the guardianship judge, or the notary, under the conditions of article 36 of the law of 23 June 2006 reforming successions and gifts, may issue a mandate to search for heirs.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Approved bodies for the management of the right to authorise simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission and representation by a signal distributor

Article R323-5

The designation provided for in the second paragraph of I of Article L. 132-20-1, in the second paragraph of I of Article L. 132-20-3, in the third paragraph of I of Article L. 132-20-4, in the second…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Hosting of paper-based personal health data

Article R1111-16-1

Articles 20-1 to 20-3 of Decree no. 79-1037 of 3 December 1979 on the competence of public archive services and cooperation between administrations for the collection, preservation and communication o…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Information for foreign nationals

Article L613-5

…been issued in the Schengen Information System, in accordance with Article 24 of Regulation (EU) No 2018/1861 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 November 2018 on the establishment, op…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Examination for admission to the traineeship

Article A321-19

…ed by the candidate in all the eligibility and admission tests is equal to or higher than 10 out of 20.The mark obtained in the optional language test is taken into account, for the calculation of the…

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