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Showing 50615070 of 69500 articles for Art. 515-6 al. 1 and al. 2

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-29-1

Shares with a par value less than or equal to an amount set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat and not admitted to trading on a regulated market may be consolidated notwithstanding any legislative or sta…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 706-24-1

…articles 706-88 to 706-94 of this code are not applicable to the offences provided for in articles 421-2-5 to 421-2-5-2 of the Criminal Code.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Definitions.

Article L7123-2-1

…ass index, is compatible with the exercise of their profession. An order by the Ministers of Health and Employment, issued after consultation with the Haute Autorité de santé, defines the terms and co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Tasks

Article D4021-2-1

In addition to the tasks defined in article D. 4021-2, and with the aim of improving care processes, the quality and safety of care and the competence of healthcare professionals, the National Profess…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Salary

Article D6222-28-1

…ication which is the subject of the contract, in application of the third paragraph of articles L. 6222-7-1 or L. 6222-12-1, or in application of article R. 6222-23-1, the apprentice is considered, wi…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General safety obligation

Article L421-6

A product is presumed to satisfy the general safety obligation set out in article L. 421-3, with regard to the risks and categories of risk covered by the standards applicable to it, where it complies…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article L2336-6

From 2023, inter-municipal groupings and communes that do not belong to any public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status that cease to be eligible for the repayment of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: Sports associations

Article R121-6

Reasons are given for the prefectoral order suspending or withdrawing approval. It is published in the recueil des actes administratifs of the prefecture of the department in which the registered offi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II

Article L3232-6

…or the final consumer distributed in the collectivities mentioned in Article 73 of the Constitution and in the collectivities of Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, but not di…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: Sports federations

Article A131-6

…e browser; - they must be available for off-line consultation via download in the form of an open-standard file that can be viewed without additional software or using free software; - No operating sy…

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