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Showing 87418750 of 9215 articles for Art. 8 janv. 1997

French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Registrations and amending registrations carried out ex officio

Article R123-298

…of the debtor t) pronouncing personal bankruptcy or the prohibition provided for in Article L. 653-8, with an indication of the period for which these measures have been pronounced; u) Replacing cour…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article R225-120

…al increase on the basis of Article L. 225-135-1 ;7° The opening and closing dates for subscription;8° The existence, for the benefit of shareholders, of a pre-emptive right to subscribe for new share…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article R236-22

…with the Trade and Companies Register as provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 236-6; 8° An indication, for each participating company, of the procedures for exercising the rights of cre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1211-31

…ent or unexpected undesirable effect that they have identified as part of their monitoring mission; 8° Declaration: the fact that the local biovigilance correspondents or, where applicable, any profes…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: Business formalities centres

Article A123-7

…particularly with regard to the scope of their involvement and their relationship with each other; 8° Ensures that the entire system and the work carried out by the single body are coordinated with t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions

Article R5124-16

…3-12 in one or more establishments or organisations authorised under articles L. 1243-2 and L. 4211-8 are considered to meet the conditions of practical experience required to be appointed as pharmaci…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties and powers of the pharmacists responsible.

Article R5124-36

…nagers of the company or organisation of any obstacle or limitation to the exercise of these powers;8° He implements all the necessary means to ensure compliance with the obligations set out in articl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Civil servants and public service employees

Article 28-1

…Code, when their purpose is the preparation of one of the offences mentioned in 1° to 5° and 6° to 8° of this I ; 6° Offences under the Intellectual Property Code; 6° bis Offences under Articles L. 3…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Points scale for documentary works

Article 211-11

…wing two sub-groups: 1° "Techniciens cadres collaborateurs de création" sub-group: a) A maximum of 18 points are allocated to the "Techniciens cadres collaborateurs de création" sub-group, divided bet…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2° bis: Tax credit for expenditure on audiovisual and cinematographic creation, royalties paid to collective management organisations and remuneration paid directly to authors

Article 220 sexies A

…ovisual media services within the meaning of the fourth to sixth paragraphs of Article 2 of Law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 relating to the freedom of communication and subject to corporation tax…

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