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Showing 581590 of 35468 articles for Art. CAA Douai 17-3-2022 n° 19DA01635

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation of a European holding company.

Article R229-17

In addition to the particulars set out in paragraph 5 of Article 32 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European company, the Constitutional Commissioners sh…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The individual retirement savings plan giving rise to membership of a group insurance contract

Article R224-17

The annual report referred to in Article L. 224-37 shall give an account of the following in particular: a) New memberships in the plan, as well as the flow of payments and benefits paid out during th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Coordination Committee

Article R4424-17

The President of the Corsican Executive Council, or his representative, may take part in the work of the committee in an advisory capacity.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Indemnities of holders of office in the Martinique Assembly and of office in the Executive Council

Article L7227-17

Councillors to the Assembly of Martinique receive, for the actual performance of their duties, an allowance fixed by reference to the amount of the salary corresponding to the terminal gross index of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Professional acts which may be performed by ambulance drivers in the context of emergency medical assistance

Article R6311-17

I.-In the context of the care of patients by the emergency medical assistance services and the services contributing to emergency medical assistance mentioned in article L. 6311-2, ambulance drivers w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-17

Any association recognised as being in the public interest, which has been duly registered for at least five years at the date of the events and which proposes by its articles of association to defend…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Special provisions applicable to inter-municipal tourist offices in classified resorts.

Article R134-17

The budget prepared by the Tourist Office Director complies with the provisions of articles L. 1612-2 , L. 2221-5 and L. 2312-1 of the General Local Authorities Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions common to annual and five-yearly negotiations

Article L2241-17

The annual and five-yearly negotiations provided for in Articles L. 2241-8 and L. 2241-15 also aim to define and plan measures to eliminate pay differentials between women and men.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks and classification

Article R2324-17

I.- Non-permanent childcare establishments and services for young children operate within the framework set out in II of article L. 214-1-1 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles. With the he…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions (R).

Article R5215-17

Works assigned to the public domain, which are completed by the communes after the date of transfer of powers, are, from the date of final acceptance of the works, transferred to the urban community u…

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