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Showing 19211930 of 2350 articles for Art. CA Rouen 28 February 1991

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: General safety measures

Article R4462-9

I.-Without prejudice to the provisions of articles R. 4227-28 to R. 4227-33, the following fire-fighting measures are taken for fixed installations within the pyrotechnic enclosure: 1° The immediate s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Secondment.

Article R6152-51

…titioners covered by these Staff Regulations may be seconded either at their own request or automatically.Secondment on request may only take place in one of the following cases:1° Secondment to a Sta…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-3-1

I. - Any person who is the subject of an identity check or verification as provided for in this chapter may, where this check or verification reveals that there are serious grounds for believing that…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Funds open to professional investors

Article R744-13

I. - Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Deliberative body of public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax system

Article L5211-6-1

…e this is greater than a quarter of the population of the member communes.The distribution of seats carried out by the agreement provided for in this 2° complies with the following terms:a) The total…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIII quater : Taxes levied by groupings substituted for communes for the application of provisions relating to the business property tax, the business value added tax, the flat-rate tax on network companies and the additional tax on property not built on.

Article 1609 nonies C

…operation mentioned in I of article 1379-0 bis are substituted for the member communes for the application of the provisions relating to the business property tax and the business value added tax and…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Formation of the credit agreement

Article L313-31

…on paper or any other durable medium, of its decision to accept or reject the offer and, where applicable, send the borrower the amended offer referred to in Article L. 313-27, within ten working days…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-18-1

…rovide investment services may, without prejudice to the provisions of Articles L. 511-21 to L. 511-28, establish branches to provide investment and related services in mainland France, Guadeloupe, Gu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Establishment and purpose.

Article L2372-1

Employee participation is implemented in accordance with Articles L. 225-28 to L. 225-56 and L. 225-79 to L. 225-93, L. 22-10-8 to L. 22-10-17 and L. 22-10-23 to L. 22-10-30 of the French Commercial C…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-77

…he company shall include:1° The surname, usual first name and domicile of the shareholder;2° An indication of the form, registered or bearer, in which the securities are held and the number of such se…

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