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Showing 24912500 of 44169 articles for Art. 4 Oct 1996 — RJDA 3/97 n° 431

French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R431-16-4

…o the profit for the financial year as shown in each of the separate accounts defined in Article R. 431-16-3 of this Code, after deduction of the share of dividends and the allocation to the legal and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose

Article L515-4

…of the subscribed capital has been paid in. Notwithstanding the provisions of article 12 of law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperation, the surplus is paid up by successive call…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-4

…ng into question the principles set out in this standard. Form, content and scope of documentation 04. The statutory auditor shall document such matters as will enable any other person experienced in…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L241-4

…th the exception of Articles L. 232-9, L. 232-9-2, L. 232-9-3, L. 232-10, L. 232-10-3 and L. 232-10-4, shall apply to checks and findings of offences relating to animal doping under the conditions lai…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5421-4

…1-8 of the same code;3° Recipients receiving a pension awarded in application of articles L. 161-17-4, L. 351-1-1, L. 351-1-3 to L. 351-1-5 and II and III of articles L. 643-3 and L. 653-2 of the Soci…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Combating the international spread of diseases in French Polynesia

Article R3845-4

The national focal point may delegate some of its tasks mentioned in Article 4 of the International Health Regulations (2005) to a local focal point in French Polynesia, under the conditions set out i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Downstream

Article L131-30

The guarantor is bound in the same way as the person he has guaranteed. His undertaking is valid even if the obligation he has guaranteed would be null and void for any reason other than a formal defe…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-36

…of the measure provided for in this article. Subject to the procedures laid down in Articles L. 623-40 and L. 623-41 of this code, the detention measure shall be lifted automatically if the applicant…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-37

In the absence of a written request from the holder of the plant variety certificate and except in cases provided for by European Union regulations, the customs administration may, in the course of it…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-38

I. - Where detention, as provided for by European Union regulations and relating to goods suspected of infringing a plant variety certificate, is implemented before an application by the holder of the…

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