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Showing 54015410 of 49667 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 15-DCC-47 du 5 May 2015

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Relations with the statutory auditors

Article D612-53

…o appoint a firm of statutory auditors as statutory auditor, it shall specify the name of the individual statutory auditor who is a partner, shareholder or manager of the said firm and who is proposed…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Secret remedies.

Article R5125-57

A medicinal product, whether simple or compound, held with a view to sale, offered for sale or sold, where one or more of the following particulars have been omitted from one of the components of its…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Provisions relating to the public establishment for the protection of Mediterranean forests

Article L1424-59

…nts, inter-communal cooperation establishments and fire and rescue services territorially concerned may decide, by concordant deliberations of their deliberative assemblies, to join a public establish…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 141-5

The police and gendarmerie units may, in accordance with the procedures set out in articles 56 to 58 and during the hours set out in Article 59, and after obtaining the agreement of the examining magi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Miscellaneous goods intermediaries

Article L551-5

…goods covered by the provisions of III of article L. 820-1 of the same code. In the event of misconduct or impediment, the statutory auditor may be relieved of his duties by court order at the reques…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions common to the various councils.

Article L4233-5

The duties of a member of the National Council, of a Central or Regional Council or of a delegation of Section E are performed on a voluntary basis.However, the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Treasurer o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Forward financial instruments of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-54

…taken into account in the ceiling mentioned in 1° of article R. 332-3-1. Positive realisable values may be offset against negative realisable values of forward financial instruments entered into with…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R2344-5

…ser considers that the number of suitable candidates is too small to ensure genuine competition, it may suspend the procedure and republish the call for tenders, setting a new deadline for the submiss…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Economic regime

Article 572 bis

The retail selling price of products sold by the resellers referred to in the first paragraph of article 568 and products delivered to travellers by the purchaser-resellers designated in the twelfth p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Powers of the Metropolitan Council and its President

Article L3642-5

…esident of the Lyon Metropolitan Council leads and coordinates, subject to the police powers of the mayors of the municipalities, the actions that contribute to the exercise of the competence relating…

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