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Showing 20812090 of 3114 articles for Art. CA Versailles 25 octobre 1990

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities

Article A123-80-1

…ents, the following: 1° For a legal entity, the corporate name or denomination followed, where applicable, by the acronym, the activity and the address of the registered office as well as the birth na…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Personnel.

Article L5323-4

…those defined in Article 26 of Title I of the General Statute for Civil Servants in the State and Local Authorities;2° May not, either themselves or through an intermediary, have any interest in the e…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Examination of an application for authorisation

Article R151-7

…the investment is made between entities all belonging to the same group, i.e. more than 50% of the capital or voting rights are held, directly or indirectly, by the same shareholder; 2° Where the inv…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Growth market for small and medium-sized enterprises

Article D424-4-1

…hout prejudice to Article 78 of the aforementioned Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565 of 25 April 2016 and for the application of Article L. 424-7, the multilateral trading facility as a gr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R1244-5

…ormation on the donor. The donor's file contains: 1° The donor's written consent, expressed in application of article L. 1244-2; 2° The personal and family medical history, collected in application of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Assessment of the integration condition for the issue of a residence permit

Article L413-7

The first issue of the resident card provided for in articles L. 423-6, L. 423-10 or L. 423-16, the resident card bearing the wording "long-term resident-EU" provided for in articles L. 421-12, L. 421…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-11

Applications for a declaration that there are no grounds for refusing recognition and for refusal of recognition respectively made pursuant to Articles 30 and 40 of Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1111 o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to insurance undertakings.

Article R322-5

…ate control under article L. 310-1 and constituted in the form of a société anonyme must have share capital, excluding contributions in kind, of at least 800,000 euros in order to conduct the classes…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1

Article R421-28

…10% of the compensation payable by them. However, this rate is reduced to 5% when the accident was caused by a vehicle used by the State or a foreign State for which the certificate provided for in a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Rescue and fire-fighting.

Article L2512-19

…fire brigade, including maintenance, repairs and barracks rent. Within the double limit of the allocations entered in the State budget and the payments made by the police prefecture during the financ…

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