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Showing 29112920 of 4656 articles for Art. 41 · CE 29 July 1983 n° 24158

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Company diagnostic experts.

Article L813-1

…aw up a report on the economic and financial situation of a company in the event of conciliation proceedings or safeguard or receivership proceedings, or to assist in drawing up such a report in the e…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-34

Subject to article L. 214-24-41, a fonds commun de placement, which does not have legal personality, is a co-ownership of financial instruments and deposits, the units of which are issued and redeemed…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Voting

Article R7343-52

…the president and the assessors of the polling station, after having declared the ballot closed, proceed to the sealing of the electronic ballot box and the voters' list. Once the ballot has been seal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Links of interest and transparency

Article L1451-1

…rities and bodies mentioned in articles L. 1123-1, L. 1142-5, L. 1142-22, L. 1222-1, L. 1313-1, L. 1413-1, L. 1415-2, L. 1418-1, L. 1431-1, L. 1462-1 and L. 5311-1 of this Code,article L. 161-37 of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-18

…rticles of Association or by a subsequent deed, under the conditions provided for in Article L. 223-29. Under the same conditions, the mention of a manager's name in the Articles of Association may, i…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Products whose sale in bulk is prohibited

Article D120-7

…lk sale is prohibited for the following products: 1° Heat-treated liquid dairy products, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter III of Section IX of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: The mayor and deputy mayors

Article L2573-6

…27 February 2002 L. 2122-3 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 2122-4 Order no. 2009-1530 of 10 December 2009 First and second paragraphs of Article L. 2122-5 Order no. 2010-420 of 27 April 2010 L.…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Demographic upgrading.

Article D133-60

…of law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the territorial civil service and decree no. 99-567 of 6 July 1999 taken for the application of article 88 of the same law.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Information and documents to be submitted with the tender

Article R2151-13

…dium-sized enterprises within the meaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises or to craft businesses within th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: TEMPORARY PROTECTION

Article L581-7

Under the conditions laid down in Article 7 of Council Directive 2001/55/EC of 20 July 2001, additional categories of displaced persons who are not referred to in the Council Decision provided for in…

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