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Showing 11511160 of 16677 articles for Art. 25 Oct 1989 — BRDA 6/90 p. 6

French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for exercising trade union rights in sports resource, expertise and performance centres

Article R114-66

…for youth and sports.Are considered to be representative within the meaning of articles 3, 4-1 and 6 of the aforementioned decree of 3 April 1985, on the one hand the trade union organisations with a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Inter-company savings plan.

Article L3333-6

…vings plan may not provide for the acquisition of units in mutual funds governed by Article L. 214-165 of the Monetary and Financial Code. Where the plan provides for the acquisition of units in mutua…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate

Article R2123-6

…e additional service time for which they are liable pursuant to Article 1 of Decree no. 2000-815 of 25 August 2000 relating to the organisation and reduction of working time in the State civil service…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Institutions and services authorised to carry out banking transactions

Article R775-6

…d R. 518-0-1n° 2019-1197 of 20 November 2019R. 518-1No. 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 518-2no. 2013-56 of 16 January 2013R. 518-3 to R. 518-7n° 2019-1197 of 20 November 2019R. 518-8-1n° 2008-781 of 18…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and award conditions

Article 631-2

…f financial aid to technical projects is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to auctioneers, bailiffs, notaries and lawyers

Article R444-63

…excluding discounts, is set by the regulations drawn up pursuant to the article 4 of order no. 45-2590 of 2 November 1945 relating to the status of notaries and articles 25 and 26 of decree no. 71-9…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Bodies of the commune

Article L2573-6

…provided for in II to VI. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 2122-1 and L. 2122-2 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 2122-2-1 law no. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 L. 2122-3 law no. 96-142…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Production approval

Article 211-60

…the case provided for in 1° of Article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article L753-6

…eption of its 2 and 3 Law no. 2005-882 of 2 August 2005 L. 313-8 to L. 313-10 Order no. 2005-429 of 6 May 2005 L. 313-12 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 313-12-1 Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-5

…atforms Located on the Continental Shelf, done at Rome on 10 March 1988 and revised at London on 14 October 2005, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions laid down in Article 689-1 any person…

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