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Showing 24112420 of 3358 articles for Art. 20 févr. 2001

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control.

Article D214-32-7-15

…triction referred to in 3° of Article D. 214-32-7-14 is subject to b to h of paragraph 1 of Article 20 of Council Directive 77/91/EEC of 13 December 1976 referred to above when the registered office o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Designation of national police judicial police officers

Article A15

…duration: twenty minutes - coefficient 1).The value of each test is established by a mark from 0 to 20.A mark of 5 or less in any of the tests is eliminatory.No one may be considered to have passed th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of gendarmes as judicial police officers

Article A4

…case (duration: one hour-coefficient 1). The value of each test is established by a mark from 0 to 20. Any mark equal to or less than 5 in one of the tests is eliminatory. No one may be considered to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement and services of the statutory auditor

Article R823-12

…ome and financial income, excluding tax, and normal number of hours of work: - up to 305,000 euros: 20 to 35 hours; - from €305,000 to €760,000: 30 to 50 hours; - from €760,000 to €1,525,000: 40 to 60…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Reimbursement of disability-related expenses

Article R3123-22

…ursement of these expenses may be combined with the reimbursements provided for in articles R. 3123-20 and R. 3123-21..

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Safeguard measures

Article R4314-12

…taken on the basis of this Article, in the manner provided for in Article 34(4) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of 20 June 2019.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R3354-11

…th four copies of forms A and B, to an expert biologist on the list provided for in Article R. 3354-20 ; 2° The second sample, together with one copy of sheets A and B, to another expert biologist on…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tests to verify knowledge

Article D4221-9

…m the sections or sub-sections of the National Universities Council governed by decree no. 87-31 of 20 January 1987, from among the full professor-researcher members governed by decree no. 84-431 of 6…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Implementation through the payment of an annual contribution

Article D5212-23

…limit of 10% of the amount of the annual contribution calculated in application of article D. 5212-20.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R5315-7

…tion of the supervisory ministers. Decisions relating to 4°, 6°, 7°, 9°, 13°, 14°, 15°, 16, 19° and 20° of article R. 5315-3 are enforceable after joint approval by the supervisory ministers. If no ex…

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