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Showing 20112020 of 28855 articles for Art. 31 May 2005

French Sports CodeIn force
Section 6: Disciplinary sanctions

Article R222-38

…event of a breach of the provisions of articles L. 222-5, L. 222-7 to L. 222-18, R. 222-20, R. 222-31 and R. 222-32 as well as the provisions of the sports agents' regulations issued on the basis of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Fundamental missions

Article L141-2

…an Central Bank on the transfer of foreign reserve assets to the European Central Bank, and Article 31 of the said Protocol relating to the management of foreign reserve assets held by the national ce…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Exemptions granted by the mayor.

Article L3132-26

…etail establishments where the weekly rest period normally takes place on Sundays, this rest period may be cancelled on the Sundays designated for each retail establishment by decision of the mayor ta…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Content and duration of judicial supervision

Article D147-37

…ial supervision includes the obligation to comply with the treatment order provided for by Article 131-36-4 of the Criminal Code when the medical assessment provided for by article 723-31 or by Articl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Innovation mutual funds

Article L214-30-1

…responsible for the economy and the budget. The information contained in this statement is that at 31 December of the year.The Autorité des marchés financiers shall forward the information referred t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional compensation measures

Article 916-27

…rs provide proof that at least one screening with paid admissions was to have been organised before 31 December 2020.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Retail purchase of ferrous and non-ferrous metals

Article 1649 bis

…ally engages in the retail purchase of ferrous and non-ferrous metals is required to submit, before 31 January each year, to the departmental directorate of public finance of the place of his residenc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article R223-25

…st one month before the expiry of the period provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 223-31. During this period, the inventory is kept at the registered office at the disposal of the sole s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Simplified exchange of information between departments pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 18 December 2006

Article R49-39

…vided for in articles 695-9-39 to 695-9-42, the departments and units mentioned in Article R. 695-9-31 shall inform the competent department of the requesting State. In the case provided for in Articl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Placement under house arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-15

…cles 763-12 of this code and R. 544-18 et seq. of the Penitentiary Code. Articles R. 61-21 to R. 61-31-1 are applicable, with the investigating judge exercising the powers of the sentence enforcement…

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