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Showing 26512660 of 28715 articles for Art. 24 mai 2000

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sale and transfer of shares.

Article R6223-27

…erved him with a notice, in one of the forms provided for in the first paragraph of article R. 6212-24, which has remained unfruitful. If the transfer concerns all the shares held by the member, he lo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Freedom to provide services in the activity of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction by nationals of Member States of the European Union and States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Article L321-26

…n the European Economic Area must provide evidence in the declaration referred to in Article L. 321-24 that he is legally established in one of these States, that he is not subject to any even tempora…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Obligations to report to the Deputy European Public Prosecutor

Article D47-1-35

Where the alerts provided for in 1 to 3 and 5 of Article 24 of Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation in relation to the establishment of the European P…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Establishment of location surveys and reports

Article R1334-22

…the search. These samples are analysed in accordance with the procedures defined in article R. 1334-24. III -On completion of the survey, the person who carried it out draws up a survey report, which…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions of access and practice

Article R519-7

…ies out intermediation in banking transactions and payment services as an ancillary activity to its main professional activity, these conditions of professional competence apply to the natural persons…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Management mandates

Article D518-49

Caisse des dépôts et consignations submits the accounts provided for in Article L. 518-24-1 at least once a year in accordance with the regulatory deadlines for producing the account of the principal'…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Exemptions from social security contributions

Article R5141-7

…e for exemption from contributions and entitlement to benefits under Articles L. 161-1-1 and L. 161-24 of the Social Security Code: 1° Persons deprived of employment receiving the unemployment insuran…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L121-4

…of the French Commercial Code, outside their legal period mentioned in the same article L. 310-3 ; 24° To display a French flag, a map of France or any symbol representative of France on food packagi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Audiovisual production contract

Article L132-25-2

I.-One or more agreements relating to the remuneration of authors concluded between the professional authors' organisations, the collective management organisations mentioned in Title II of Book III o…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions specific to Book I

Article L3341-1

…opean Union" are replaced by the words: "in a third country";5° The first paragraph of Article L. 3124-6 reads as follows:"Defence or security concessions are awarded to economic operators from Member…

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