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Showing 60516060 of 62763 articles for Art. Arrêté DEVL1507007A of 23-3-2015

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: The knowledge test referred to in article L. 811-5

Article A811-37

The selection board will draw up a list of candidates who have been admitted. This list is published in the Journal officiel de la République française. The results are notified individually to each c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial and accounting system.

Article R5321-3

Secondary accounting officers may be appointed by order of the ministers responsible for the budget and health, on the proposal of the agency's general manager and after consulting the accounting offi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial conglomerates

Article L517-3

I. - For the purposes of the supplementary supervision provided for in Chapter III of Title III of Book VI, "group" means: a group referred to in III of Article L. 511-20 or an insurance group referre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation with a public offer other than one of those mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

Article L225-3

The capital must be fully subscribed. Cash shares are paid up, at the time of subscription, by at least half of their nominal value. The remainder is paid up in one or more instalments by decision of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article L411-3

The administrative and financial organisation of the Institute is laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Information on prices and conditions of sale

Article L112-3

Where the price cannot reasonably be calculated in advance because of the nature of the good or service, the trader shall provide the method of calculating the price and, where appropriate, any additi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Delivery, supply and transfer of risk

Article L216-3

Where the consumer entrusts the goods to a carrier other than that offered by the trader, the risk of loss of or damage to the goods shall pass to the consumer when the goods are handed over to the ca…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Acquisition of French nationality by marriage

Article 21-3

Subject to the provisions set out in articles 21-4 and 26-3, the person concerned acquires French nationality on the date on which the declaration was made.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Proof of nationality before the courts

Article 30-1

When French nationality is granted or acquired other than by declaration, decree of acquisition or naturalisation, reinstatement or annexation of territories, proof can only be made by establishing th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Proof of nationality before the courts

Article 30-2

…iation, it is held to be established, unless proven otherwise if the person concerned and whichever of his father and mother has been likely to transmit it to him have consistently enjoyed possession…

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