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Showing 12511260 of 49667 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 15-DCC-47 du 5 May 2015

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Organisation and operation

Article R1431-15

The director of a public establishment for cultural or environmental cooperation of an industrial and commercial nature may only be dismissed for serious misconduct. In this case, dismissal is decided…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 15-2

Administrative investigations into the conduct of a judicial police officer or agent in the exercise of a judicial police mission involve the Inspectorate General of Justice in the relevant investigat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Direct marketing of banking and financial services.

Article D341-15

…ication provided for respectively in articles 39 and 40 of the aforementioned Act of 6 January 1978 may be exercised with the Banque de France and the persons having appointed or mandated the direct m…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1586 quinquies

…alue added of businesses is determined on the basis of the turnover achieved and the value added produced during the year in respect of which the assessment is made or during the last twelve-month fin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-15

…the water is of uniform quality. 2° The bathing season defined for each bathing water is the period during which the presence of a large number of bathers is to be expected. When the bathing season ex…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article R225-155

…r purchase exceed the number of shares to be purchased, each selling shareholder is entitled to a reduction proportional to the number of shares he proves he owns or holds. If the shares presented for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article R225-156

The provisions of articles R. 225-153 to R. 225-155 do not apply when the General Meeting, in order to facilitate a capital increase, an issue of securities giving access to the capital, a merger or a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACTS

Article L1411-15

…these documents are made available to the public is the departmental headquarters. These documents may also be made available to the public in each canton, in a public place.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Arrest and surrender

Article 627-15

Any person detained on the territory of the Republic may, if he or she consents, be transferred to the International Criminal Court for the purposes of identification or hearing or for the performance…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Obligations of the insured

Article L175-15

…nsured must declare to the insurer, insofar as he is aware of them, any increases in risk occurring during the course of the contract. Any change during the term of the contract, either to what was ag…

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