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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: General procedural provisions.

Article R661-1

…e ipso jure on a provisional basis.However, judgments and orders issued pursuant to articles L. 622-8, L. 626-22, the first paragraph of l'article L. 642-20-1, of l'article L. 651-2, the articles L. 6…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article R4313-2

…om direct contributions and the tax potential, calculated under the conditions of l'article L. 4332-8 ; 7° Outstanding debt is obtained by aggregating long- and medium-term loans and debts; When a loc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Clinical investigations

Article R5211-37

…king his investigations : 1° Certify, in accordance with the procedures defined in Article R. 5211-38 , that the device in question complies with the essential requirements, with the sole exception of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R6113-33

…ting medico-economic activity and data from health care institutions referred to in Article L. 6113-8 , as well as processing the information referred to in the same article; 1° bis Drawing up, collec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article R22-10-14

I.-The remuneration policy referred to in I of Article L. 22-10-8 presents the following information, relating to all corporate officers: 1° The way in which it respects the company's interests and co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L1614-5

At the end of the period referred to in Article 4 of the loi n° 83-8 du 7 janvier 1983 précité, transfers of State taxes represent at least half of the resources allocated by the State to all local au…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Investor guarantees

Article L322-1

…ents, and market undertakings authorised to provide the investment services referred to in Articles 8 and 9 of Article L. 321-1, shall adhere to a securities guarantee mechanism. The purpose of this m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Trade union representation at national and cross-industry level

Article L2122-9

…ntative in the branches of industry, construction, commerce and services; 3° Have received at least 8% of the votes cast resulting from the addition at national and cross-industry level of the votes c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety

Article L1313-3-1

…g duties, in particular as part of the phytopharmacovigilance system provided for in Article L. 253-8-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code;3° As part of its duties relating to biocidal products un…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Natural mineral waters.

Article L1322-10

…the protection perimeter for the purposes of carrying out the work provided for in article L. 1322-8 may only take place by virtue of an order issued by the representative of the State in the départe…

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