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Showing 21712180 of 3358 articles for Art. 20 févr. 2001

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Individual employers.

Article L6331-57

…gt;code de l'action sociale et des familles ; 3° Employees mentioned in 2° and 3° of Article L. 722-20 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Guarantor guarantee

Article L754-7

…ight-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 313-50 Act 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 L. 313-50-1 to L. 313-51 Order no. 2015-1024 of 20 August 2015 II.-For…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-21

…opean Union and that it meets one of the criteria set out in b to d of 3° of I of article R. 214-32-20.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General-purpose professional funds.

Article R214-191

…n 3, paragraph 2 of sub-section 3 of this section or the same foreign investment fund do not exceed 20% of its assets.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 13: Judgment adopting the plan.

Article R631-35

…626-17 to R. 626-51, excluding article R. 626-18, the second and third paragraphs of article R. 626-20, and of article R. 626-22, are applicable to the receivership proceedings. The court clerk shall…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Diplomas provided for in Article L. 2223-25-1

Article D2223-55-9

…ast 15 people;- department with a population of 500,000 or more and less than one million: at least 20 people;- department with a population of one million or more: at least 30 people.These lists are…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Discounts

Article A444-9

…the first paragraphs of articles A. 444-2 to A. 444-4 are granted up to a rate that may not exceed 20%. These discounts apply to the portion of the emolument calculated on the base brackets greater t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Working conditions of the pharmacists or veterinary surgeons responsible and delegated.

Article R5142-32

…shment attached to their pharmacy or practice by virtue of an authorisation to open obtained before 20 March 2003 may continue to operate the said establishment at the same time as their pharmacy, vet…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article L3321-1

…ticle L. 1621-2 ;3° Contributions to the general social security scheme pursuant to Article L. 3123-20-2 and contributions to the pension schemes for elected representatives pursuant to Articles L. 31…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L775-3

…the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 511-9 and L. 511 10 Order no. 2021-796 of 23 June 2021 L. 511-11 Ordinance no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 511-12-1 Order no.…

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