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Showing 821830 of 55089 articles for Art. CA Bordeaux 2-3-2022 n° 18/04413

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: National police services

Article R15-18

…e active departments of the national police within which officers and agents of the judicial police carry out their usual duties and whose jurisdiction covers the entire national territory are as foll…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions applicable to tourist offices set up as a public industrial and commercial establishment.

Article R133-18

The dissolution of the Tourist Office is decided by a resolution of the municipal council or the deliberative body of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval of the plan.

Article R626-18

…or, by any creditor or by the legal representatives. It shall rule, the debtor having been heard or called. The judgment of closure is notified to the debtor and is subject to the publicity provided f…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Services accessible via electronic communications operators

Article D224-18

The tool mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 224-43 allows electronic communications operators, within the meaning of 6° of article L. 32 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Co…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 621-18

Expenditure taken into account to determine the amount of selective aid is capped at 80% of the production budget for the work or, in the case of an international co-production, 80% of the French part…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Creation of accounts.

Article R123-180

The classification of balance sheet and income statement items and the list of information contained in the notes to the financial statements may be adapted by business sector by a regulation of the A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General authorisation conditions.

Article R4211-18

Applicant establishments or organisations must have : 1° Premises fitted out, arranged and maintained in accordance with the rules of good practice referred to in Article L. 5121-5 and, where applicab…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Unavailability, pledges, enforceability

Article A444-18

…45 minutes 57 minutes Seizure of partnership rights and securities 20 minutes 60 minutes Act of precautionary seizure of partnership rights and securities 20 minutes 68 minutes Seizure of ship or air…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R712-18

…mandate operating expenditure up to the limit of that entered in the initial budget or, where applicable, in the amending budgets for the previous year;2° Mandate expenditure relating to the capital…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for swearing in

Article L131-18

Persons registered on the lists of sworn brokers mentioned in article L. 131-12 may, in the activities reserved for these brokers, refer to their status as "courtier de marchandises assermenté près la…

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